Has anyone experimented with damping materials behind ESL 57's? I have a stacked pair, and a sound engineer who visited me one day suggested trying to make the...
To stop an arrow, a woollen blanket absorbs and dissipates the energy almost instantly. I've found that vertical slat blinds of close woven fabric do ...
Peter, A double-lined velvet type curtain hung 6" away from the wall is a good "back-stop" for QUAD ESLs. The "air-gap" is important. If you place the ...
Hi Peter: I have a similar room to yours and I listen WITHOUT the front or rear grills. I kept the damping material on back of the treble panel. The wall...
Seeing the post from David Fagan concerning the MAF stands for the 57 ESL, reminded me that I had never shared my stand building experience with the group. I...
This reminded me of criticism of the stiffness of the 57's panel support. The improved bass may be due to more mass supporting the entire frame. What do these...
The stands weigh a little over 50 lbs each, I had thought about filling the tube section with zircon sand, which would add about another 18-20 lbs. Lead shot...
Thanks, this is all good information. But I don't see why C502 needs to be any larger than the 100nF snubber, which is all that the 78xx data sheets recommend....
This search to find a decent replacement 10,000 - 63v caps for my 405 is becoming a bit of a horror show. It's actually my first foray into the world of 405...
Hi Jac, Did you try www.farnell.com? It has a link for a Canadian site, I'm fairly sure you could get the caps you want from them. I'm from the UK, so I can't...
Thanks for the replies to my initial post, interesting stuff! I had been thinking of damping a lot closer behind the 57's, rather than at a rear wall - but the...
Peter, I am not an expert, but the rear damping i would suggest should not be anechoic style. I would guess some reflected sound from the rear walls would be...
Hi, I’m unfortunately from the UK too so can’t recommend a certain store or place, but to answer the other question, I’ve renewed my power caps to double...
... Thank-you - I did indeed have a look at Farnell but the link to N. American countries seems to be only items available to be shipped/exported from the UK....
... , I've renewed my power caps to double the original uF no problems, my only issue when finding suitable caps was the right Voltage and physical size to fit...
Mouser's main competitor is Digi-key, also in the US. You might also take a look at their offerings. http://www.digikey.com/ I have bought components from...
HI Jac, The capacitor in 405 is 10000uf 63v and size is (50mm-D X 85mm-H). If you trust ebay then you may buy from this trader JEA Capacitors in USA and they...
OK - thanks. I've contacted the JEA guys about what I need (I knew of them but hadn't thought of them on this go 'round.) I do have a question about the...
I'm concerned that these are older surplus. A quick look on CDE's website doesn't turn them up. Using a higher rated voltage cap is always ok, lower is not. A...
You don't have to search for exactly the same capacitor. I replaced them by a series of 6 smaller capacitors of 2200 mu and 63V in parallel. This gave me...
Dennis - thanks for the info and education.. The link had timed out by the time I got there but I'm sure I can find what you were indicating. jac ... ...
Mijnheer Bakker - Bedankt. Now I suppose I need to go out and figure out how to "parallel" capacitors. I'd heard of that premise before and it seems a...
Hi again, Now I’m too am a novice in these things but like to learn and take the necessary precautions in taking baby steps. If you want to read up on the...
I have been a member for a few days and I want to introduce myself. I am 47 years old, married with 5 kids. I am a Baptist Pastor, and I also have an on-line...
I'm sorry for the weird looking post; everything looked fine when I previewed it on line. All the paragraph breaks, and spaces were where they should have...
Welcome aboard Not a problem with the spacing, Yahoo does this. Happy reading Lee ... previewed it on line. ... been. I don't know what happened to the...
Going a little higher in Voltage rating is fine, as long as it's not too much of an increase. Operating Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors far below their rating...
Well darn them for timing out the search! Here's a DigiKey part number: P10033-ND it's a Panasonic part number: EC-T1KP103FA You can search for it and will...
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