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Author Topic: Back to Speakers! And so it begins... again! Madisound BK-16 Fostex fe166 kit.  (Read 37266 times)

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Re: Back to Speakers! And so it begins... again! Madisound BK-16 Fostex fe166 kit.
« Reply #220 on: January 13, 2015, 11:26:29 PM »
Radioshack 'lytic or whatever parts I had on hand. I tired bypassing the Radioshack parts with small sized boutique caps, but I didn't like the sound. Eventually I went back to getting rid of the caps and let the play full range with the Rag. With tube amps, I preferred the caps in.

I'm a really bad person to ask about caps. Yes, they make a difference, but I don't have the time and would rather spend the time trying out different designs.
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Re: Back to Speakers! And so it begins... again! Madisound BK-16 Fostex fe166 kit.
« Reply #221 on: January 13, 2015, 11:44:07 PM »
Quote from: marvey on January 13, 2015, 11:26:29 PM
Radioshack 'lytic or whatever parts I had on hand. I tired bypassing the Radioshack parts with small sized boutique caps, but I didn't like the sound. Eventually I went back to getting rid of the caps and let the play full range with the Rag. With tube amps, I preferred the caps in.

I'm a really bad person to ask about caps. Yes, they make a difference, but I don't have the time and would rather spend the time trying out different designs.

Thanks, just curious because the price on some audiophile caps are fairly steep.
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Re: Back to Speakers! And so it begins... again! Madisound BK-16 Fostex fe166 kit.
« Reply #222 on: January 13, 2015, 11:49:25 PM »
That's exactly why I don't want to go there. The end result is OCD where trees are taken for the forest and caps costing more than the drivers.
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Re: Back to Speakers! And so it begins... again! Madisound BK-16 Fostex fe166 kit.
« Reply #223 on: January 14, 2015, 12:52:24 AM »
I feel the Jantzen crosscaps are a respectable step up from cheap electrolytics. At the moment I'm using a 4.7u Crosscap in parallel with a 15u non-polarized 'lytic in front of my 4ohm waveguide AMTs. I'll probably move up to a Jantzen Supremes or Silvers eventually once I settle down on the tweaking.

BTW, I still think the FE166En is excellent sounding.
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Re: Back to Speakers! And so it begins... again! Madisound BK-16 Fostex fe166 kit.
« Reply #224 on: February 18, 2015, 07:39:58 AM »
Got the FE168Ez's installed in the BK-16 enclosure, and I'm really liking what I'm hearing! Definitely a step or two up from the FE166En's.

I don't feel the need for a tweeter anymore either...
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Re: Back to Speakers! And so it begins... again! Madisound BK-16 Fostex fe166 kit.
« Reply #225 on: February 20, 2015, 12:08:17 AM »
Nice. That was my experience too, made the tweeters not so necessary.
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