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    Posted: 22 October 2020 at 9:59pm
I bought some celestion drivers pre lockdown, they are from the old KR2  8" co-axial cabinets.

I bought an old complete cab so I could copy the crossover, but the original components are not the best quality ( air cored inductors built with 0.7mm wire, 50v NP caps).

If I build crossovers with components of the same value but better quality will I improve the performance. I've wound air cored  inductors with 1.1mm wire and bought 250v polypropylene caps.
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Yes that's a good idea. There will be a marginal improvement in sound quality especially at higher levels, as you've removed a possible source of distortion (the electrolytic caps) and insertion loss (the thin wire inductor). The main benefit will be longevity - those polypro caps will live a much much longer life than the electros. 
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Thanks for that. It was originally supposed to be a lockdown project but of course other things came along.

All I have to do now is build 16 cabs and 16 crossovers!!!!!!!
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