capacitor break in set up

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Offline kip.duff

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on: March 07, 2017, 10:56:34 PM
Putting together my BeePre- then the Eros.  Want to break in my various caps before install if possible.  Pretty sure I saw burn-in info in these forums, but after extensive search, can't find now-

I have a $30 Yamaha receiver I bought on Craigslist that I used to burn in my Fostex speakers with "Irrational but Efficacious" break in CD.  I have the 10uf (may use 6.8uF?  better fit)  Russian K73-16 caps for now.  Connect in series with 5 Ohm resistor then run accross speaker outputs of the receiver at moderate/high gain levels?  Able to do more than one at a time?  If so, how configure?   

Thanks, Kip.......

BTW, Fostex/Madisound BK-16 Nagaoka speaker kit with Fostex FE168FE Sigma drivers very nice with my Paramount 1.1s.   

Dr. Feickert Blackbird II w Reed 2A tonearm and Lyra Skala cartridge.  Eros 2.  Audio Note DAC 2.1 Signature.  BeePre with BeeQuiet and Paramount 1.1 monoblocs into A7 VOTTs or Nagoaka folded horns.


Offline Adrian

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Reply #1 on: March 07, 2017, 11:31:21 PM

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Reply #2 on: March 08, 2017, 07:04:26 AM
Kinda spitballin' here but I think you could connect each cap/resister combination in parallel with the speaker outputs.

The Impedance of each parallel path should be equal - same resistance and same capacitance or capacitive reactance.

I think we do this when we connect speakers in parallel, combining the same resistance (wire) and inductive reactance (same speaker).


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Offline Paul Birkeland

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Reply #3 on: March 08, 2017, 12:35:39 PM
I have a $30 Yamaha receiver I bought on Craigslist that I used to burn in my Fostex speakers with "Irrational but Efficacious" break in CD.  I have the 10uf (may use 6.8uF?  better fit)  Russian K73-16 caps for now.
Put the caps in series with those Fostex speakers and run them for 100 hours.  With a 10uF cap in series with each driver, you aren't going to be stressing out the Fostex drivers much.

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