Refurbish & Refurbish Vintage Speakers With DIY Capacitor Replacement
It’s not unusual to buy a pair of old, well-designed speakers at a sale or thrift store, but these old speakers may need a little attention to get back in great, sounding shape. In this tutorial from Possably Unsafe, Patrick Norton and Michael Hand show you how a simple capacitor change can go a long way.
Refurbishing old speakers is a great hobby when you do it, and some of these old vintage speakers that you can pick up from your local Goodwill dealership or a real estate sale may only cost you a fraction of what you would otherwise spend, and provide much better sound quality. for their money. That is, after you hacked them and restored them a little. In this walkthrough, Patrick and Michael discover a pair of old Klipsch speakers and explain that as the speakers are used, ESR (Equivalent Series Resistance) increases over time due to wear on the capacitors. The treble in your music starts to fade away and the overall sound becomes smoother after decades of use.
Fortunately, this is fairly easy to fix if you’re ready to roll up your sleeves, grab a screwdriver and soldering iron, and of course replace the capacitors with the ones already installed in your speakers. Throughout the video, you will walk you step by step through the entire process step by step, so check it out above or at the link below.
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