Does a Capacitor limit your amp?

Question

I am asking because I seem to always "juice up" my amp's settings (like bass boost, low pass, subsonic, bass level, etc.) and it'll sound a bit deeper at first, but after a while, it seems it goes back to how it was before I fine tuned it....

Could it be something to do with my capacitor?

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

A cap stores energy for use when needed.

Answer 3

If your capacitor 'leaks' it will do what you described, the cap will blow or make a high pitch squeal eventually.  This also can be caused because you are overloading the limits of the capacitor.

Answer 4

It depends on how the capacitor is being used. Most often it is  for a by-pass  filter. This keeps noise out of the system and other are  used in the speaker bridge.

They are rated by max amp,  but I don' think it is a single capacitor that could cause that. The rating on the speaker bridge needs to match the amp. If you bought the speakers in a set the amp rating of the speakers needs to exceed the output of the amp.

Answer 5

Capacitors are often used in electric and electronic circuits as energy-storage devices. They can also be used to differentiate between high-frequency and low-frequency signals. This property makes them useful in electronic filters. the answer is no.

Answer 6

no it backs up the battery  it doesnt go dead

Answer 7

What cap and where in the system????? There'd be dozens and dozens of caps in any electronic device... if you mean a non-polarized filtering cap on a speaker live, changing it only changes the frequecy cross-over point (the range of frequencies allowed through to the speaker) and does NOT increase power.