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johnx818 
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Hello all.
I'm trying to get up to about 165mf for each speaker (4ohm) by using two capacitors in parallel but I'm not sure how to wire it. Can someone please help me or let me know if it's even possible to do that because I can't find a wiring diagram on the net that shows two capacitors in parallel to a speaker.
Also, if it helps, the speakers are being powered by the headunit, not an amp.
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Two 80uF caps in parallel will give you about 160uF, which will be close enough.
Head unit, headphone amp, high-power amplifier... Makes no difference.
It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."
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Are you using Non-Polarized capacitors?
johnx818 
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haemphyst wrote:
Two 80uF caps in parallel will give you about 160uF, which will be close enough.
Head unit, headphone amp, high-power amplifier... Makes no difference.
But how will I wire those two 80uf caps? Do I tap in another wire to the existing speaker wire so that it turns into two wires and add the cap there?
And I will be using non-polarized caps.
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As long as they do this electrically, you can connect those caps wherever you'd like.
1st order filter parallel wiring -- posted image.
It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."
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Thank you very much to all for responding and the diagram haemphyst!

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