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Recap for KEF Q15.2 - caps options?

J English

J English

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While my tweeters are getting reworked, I was thinking about replacing the capacitors on my KEF Q15.2 speakers. The original ones would be around 20 years old - they are LICON brand caps. One is marked as 8.5 uF/50v and the other as 12 uF/100v. Anyone know of some good high-quality replacements for these? I did a brief search at DigiKey and there did not seem to be many choices at all for these...?
 
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J English said:
While my tweeters are getting reworked, I was thinking about replacing the capacitors on my KEF Q15.2 speakers. The original ones would be around 20 years old - they are LICON brand caps. One is marked as 8.5 uF/50v and the other as 12 uF/100v. Anyone know of some good high-quality replacements for these? I did a brief search at DigiKey and there did not seem to be many choices at all for these...?
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Upgrade to some Jantzen caps. Parts Express..
 
Just FYI I pulled the old caps from my Goodmans Magisters and the original 1.5uf on the tweeters read closet to 5 and the 10uf on the mid was up to 16 ! Definitely worth getting them replaced IMO.
 
I second the Falcon Acoustics route. Matched sets for your crossovers. I have done a set of small KEFs with them and it made a great difference.
 
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