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Hello
OK, so some of you know that I have a weakness for the Axiom made Merak MC6H center channel speaker. The MC6H has 2 x 6 1/2" drivers and a horn tweeter. So, I scored one hoping to upgrade the drivers and cross-over, hooked it up and watched the 2 6.5s puff out, heard a weird screeeeing noise followed by a puff of smoke from the horn tweeter.
I instantly recognized this all to be a bad thing, so I powered down. Took the speaker downstairs, hooked it up to another amp and the 6.5s worked but the horn tweeter was silent as death in space. So, I took the think apart and removed the cross over.
There's not much to it, just a little orange thingie marked, "TL .22K 50/100"
Is that a resistor, or what? Any thoughts about the values of whatever it is?
Thanks in advance to all the smart people.
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It's a capacitor... a passive "crossover", half of the archaeic coils & caps duo, it cuts the low frequencies out.
More about them here - http://www.bcae1.com/passxovr.htm - watch out though, lots of math and science on that page.
I skimmed through the page but didn't read it closely, so it may be full of misinformation - just did a quick serach for coils and caps on Google.
Bren R.
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"Thanks in advance to all the smart people."
...but no thanks to the dumb people?
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Hi BrenR
I thought it was a capacitor but what puzzled me was the notation ".22K 50/100" If it had said .22uf, I'd have been more comfortable with its value. Sounds like it's a .22uf/100V weird little capacitor?
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2x6, Ajax had one of those removed from his cranium right around the time he was complaining about an alien abduction.
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Yes, but they put it back in when I kept saying "Ray is a nice guy! Ray is a nice guy!" Replacing it brought me back to my senses.
Jack
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Darn meddlesome space aliens!
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You got it. Additionally, the K is the code for a tolerance of the rated capacitance of +/-10%
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I should be a help since I went to school and got an EET but I've forgotten so damn much of that since hehe
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Thanks fellas. I spoke with Joe at Axiom, and in typical fashion, that is, the best customer service out there, I'm sending Joe the cross-over and he's going to send back a checked and repaired cross-over and new horn tweeter. I'm going to then void the warranty by replacing the stock cap with a Mundorf Supreme or an Audiocap Theta. As a matter of fact, I may send one off to Joe and ask him to void the warranty for me.
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