Re: M-Audio Studiophile BX8a reference monitors

Great, I think that clears it up - I think I'll keep it simple and stick with the same size/voltage capacitors and just make sure they're from a good brand and high quality.

My only remaining concern is the glue/ooze/electrolyte on the board. Since the consensus seems to be that this is probably glue, is this all from the manufacturer? Or was it melted from around the capacitors as they got hot? A friend of mine said if it's glue it was probably put there by the manufacturer and I should leave it be, but just doesn't look...

Re: M-Audio Studiophile BX8a reference monitors

[B]mariushm:[/B]
Thanks for the links, I'll check the capacitor widths tomorrow (don't have a millimeter ruler at the moment). Also, I had a closer look at the 2200uF capacitors and they have 35 V printed on the side.

[B]lit:[/B]
My ears are pretty average and the speakers sound alright to me, but my musician friend who has a really great ear had mentioned hearing some extra noise when he tested them.

I read in an M-Audio forum that capacitors used in some of their products a couple years...

Re: M-Audio Studiophile BX8a reference monitors

Thanks so much for the replies. I took more pictures of the board this morning. I'm putting a few in this thread, but there are a lot more on Google Photos, including more close-ups of the caps.

BX8a board photo album:
[url]https://plus.google.com/photos/113929999579426822533/albums/5783729981446602081?authkey=CN3m7_uOxbKgjgE[/url]).

The two larger oozing caps have this printed on them:
50 V
4700uF
LXC
(M) 105 degrees Celsius
VENT



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My first post here... I don't really know what to specifically search for in regards to my question, so if this product/issue is covered elsewhere in this forum, just let me know.

I bought a pair of M-Audio BX8a monitors a couple years ago. I don't know much about the inner workings of speakers, amps, capacitors, etc. - I just know that these sounded pretty good when I bought them.

However, one of the speakers started sounding funny. I opened the back panel and found some brown ooze (electrolyte leakage + its effects?) at the base of the capacitors. After much searching,...