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Inside the Focal Alpha 65
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The good:
Foam around speaker leads - great!
Anti-vibration foam pads for the board.
Liberal use of silicone to keep larger components from vibrating their solder joints loose.
Good bracing of the cabinet.
The not so good:
ChengX electrolytics in a no airflow environment. I get that it's a budget speaker, but would 105C Teapos be too much to ask?
Internal dampening looks a little insufficient to me. Wouldn't hurt to use something a bit more absorbent...
Foam around speaker leads - great!
Anti-vibration foam pads for the board.
Liberal use of silicone to keep larger components from vibrating their solder joints loose.
Good bracing of the cabinet.
The not so good:
ChengX electrolytics in a no airflow environment. I get that it's a budget speaker, but would 105C Teapos be too much to ask?
Internal dampening looks a little insufficient to me. Wouldn't hurt to use something a bit more absorbent...
That PCA needs flux cleaning, too. I'd hit it with Flux-Off, or at least some isopropyl and a flux brush.
IMO the flux could be ignored since it shouldn't impact reliability much if at all, at the budget end of products I expect them to not be detail perfect, but then hey, it's another thing if it uses some caps dying in 2 years
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