What am I looking at here? 1 uf 10/100?
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Can anyone identify this vintage cap?
I've searched every way I know how. No dice. Can anyone identify these yellow film caps? I believe they are circa '75 or so. Good, bad, ugly?
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Found this thread but not sure I’m much smarter after reading other than who made them originally. I’d like to understand how to cross reference these to higher quality crossover components.
Thank you!
"MKC" stands for metalized polycarbonate. That series seen in your pic was made by Philips.
MKC type caps are pretty decent sounding capacitors ( somewhat like a blend of MKP with some Mylar ( MKT ) > you'd need to compare a general purpose MKP type to a CDE series 940c to understand my comment ).
There's no doubt changing that 1uF MKC for any MKP type ( of any price point ) will alter the sound of the tweeter being fed through it.
If you think the speakers are real keepers, I'd put in a 1uF Jantzen Superior Z capacitor ( really a great sounding cap >> though expensive ).
OTOH, any Dayton MKP type will offer up a change in sound.
MKC type caps are pretty decent sounding capacitors ( somewhat like a blend of MKP with some Mylar ( MKT ) > you'd need to compare a general purpose MKP type to a CDE series 940c to understand my comment ).
There's no doubt changing that 1uF MKC for any MKP type ( of any price point ) will alter the sound of the tweeter being fed through it.
If you think the speakers are real keepers, I'd put in a 1uF Jantzen Superior Z capacitor ( really a great sounding cap >> though expensive ).
OTOH, any Dayton MKP type will offer up a change in sound.
1 microfarad, 10% tolerance, 100Vdc maximum voltage. Some times the tolerance is given as an alpha character; e.g. K would indicate 10% tolerance on the capacitance value.