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Default Bass Blockers - Type of capacitor to use?

On Nov 14, 11:09 am, "D.Kreft" wrote:

In a nutshell, go with a good (mylar capacitor, air-core coil)
second-order (12dB/octave) filter--I think you'll be better off.


Just had a flashback to "the day"...both air-core coils and mylar caps
are likely going to be difficult to find for a high pass filter of any
reasonable low frequency (90Hz - 150Hz or so), and the use of a mylar
or other more "exotic" cap isn't going to benefit you too much on a
midrange speaker--the benefits of using air-cores and mylars are
typically best realized on tweeters. For a midrange driver, a
non-polarized electrolytic cap and an iron core coil will do just fine.
They'll also be cheaper and smaller than their equivalent
air-core/mylar counterparts.

Sorry about that.

-dan