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Audience capacitor
leads orientation
On all Audience capacitors, the lead that is attached to the outer foil of the capacitor is indicated. The outer foil lead is indicated by a black lead or a lead that is
shorter than the other lead. Audience double tests each capacitor for this specification. In such cases where Audience finds that the incorrect (black or short) lead
is not attached to the outer foil, an O is marked on the end of the capacitor
where the lead is connected to the outer foil. See example below.
In all coupling applications the input going to the Auricap should be to the outer
foil and connected to the signal source or circuit output with the red or longer
lead continuing on to the next circuit input.
In all power supply decoupling applications the outside foil should be connected
to ground and the red or longer lead connected to the voltage to be decoupled.
This is true for decoupling either voltage polarities.
In loudspeaker crossover applications, if the Auricap is in series, like feeding a
tweeter, the outer foil connects to the input binding post and the red or longer
lead connects to the tweeter. Where the Auricap is in parallel, as typically used
for woofers, the outside foil connects to the speaker connection that connects to
the input binding post and the red or longer lead connects to the other speaker
terminal. Follow these same rules for midrange connections where you will have
a combination of both.