A little help please.
I have always heard that the capacitors in crossovers will leak over time. Leak meaning the dielectric material that makes a capacitor do what it does breaks down. This causes frequencies that should be trapped to "leak" through to the other driver. This means that frequencies will go to the drivers that they were supposed to be filtered from. This causes inefficient reproduction of sound.
Audio theory is not my strong point so I am looking for a little help here. The crossovers I am referring to are 35 year old Altec N800-8K. Also, why such a difference in Capacitor prices if all they really do is filter out unwanted frequencies. Maybe an explanation will help me understand.
Thanks,
Marvin