Recapping a pair Sansui SP-5500X - WOW!
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Frank Sol
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According to 'The Best of Sansui' website the "X Series" were manufactured 1975-79
My idea/price for recapping was a little over my friend's price range so I went with cheaper caps for the lower range. Ordered these from P/E
Jantzen
2) 1.5
4) 3.3
No Name Bi-Polar caps
2) 15.0
2) 22.0
Mills Resistors
2) 10H
2) 20H
$35 +/-
My idea/price for recapping was a little over my friend's price range so I went with cheaper caps for the lower range. Ordered these from P/E
Jantzen
2) 1.5
4) 3.3
No Name Bi-Polar caps
2) 15.0
2) 22.0
Mills Resistors
2) 10H
2) 20H
$35 +/-
embrown057
Active Member
Why use the "no Name" Lytic's ? Why not use the E-Caps AC from Jeff over at Sonicraft.
Frank Sol
Lunatic Member
Just the way it worked out 8yrs ago... If I was recapping for myself at the time I'd have used better... BTW , I've bought from Sonicraft many times
Anyhow... I'm not sure if 'better' caps would have made a sonic difference in these speakers
embrown057
Active Member
Unless you friend is on a extreme budget the up graded in caps would make a audible improvement.
What did you have to do to get the crossovers out? What they held in by? Glue?
Ordered caps for someone and I doubt they will proceed with the recap without my help; i.e. me doing it.
I imagine these speakers will have a drastic improvement as they sound like mud now.
Are you still using the Sansuis Frank?
Frank Sol
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The pair was not mine , I was just recapping them for a buddy
But 8yrs later I do have them. They are in my storage now. Didn't have room at home
See thread below
http://audiokarma.org/forums/index....ir-of-sansui-sp-5500x-are-coming-back.838986/
Frank Sol
Lunatic Member
Thank you sir for the info.From memory
Remove knob then carefully remove plate to reveal wood screws. Unscrew
Blue Shadow
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But Frank did say "Anyhow... I'm not sure if 'better' caps would have made a sonic difference in these speakers" which seems to be a comment on the overall performance of the speaker. Not that better caps would not be audible but would they be worth the investment in these speakers. But I can't speak for Frank and his ideas, just putting things together from the thread.
Tittah
Member
I understand this is a very old thread, but I still want to give it a shot.
In my SP-5500x boxes, the horn and tweeter also had (in series) bipolar electrolytics of 4 and 3,3 uF, respectively. From the list you posted, I can see that you did not replace those. Is that because they were not present in your speakers? In other words, would those in my speakers have been retrofitted by someone?
Edit Nevermind, this is definitely a retrofit
... Now I'm wondering what the previous owner was trying to do.
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