AR9LSi Crossover Repair

for systems with PCB Crossovers

I recently acquired a pair of AR9LSi and began a
refurbishment, including caps.
After removing all the drivers from the cabinets, I
discovered a printed circuit card crossover I have
never seen before in an AR speaker. More
importantly, I determined the capacitors I wanted to
replace are located UNDER the circuit card, glued in
place to the rear of the cabinet. I had to do some
research to determine what to cut and where to
wire the new ones.

Table of Contents
1. Schematic
2. Part locations
3. Cap Lead Cuts
4. New cap wire points
5. Wiring Instructions
6. Finished product

This guide details my research used to replace the

capacitors in my AR9LSi. My approach was to
remove a single lead from each of the old caps
rather than try to remove the circuit card to remove
the caps. I felt this was less risky and would be less
disruptive of the current configuration. This
documentation helped me work through the
process while avoiding mistakes.
Brian ODonnell briodo@gmail.com

L10

L23

C1
R1

R2

L24
C2
C4
R3

C3

L11

L21

R4
C5

C7

C6

L12

C8
L17

R, C, L identifiers added to ease identification and

Reduce recapping wire errors. L identifiers taken from
PCB markings. BCO Oct 19, 2010

L21

L12

R3
C4

L23

C5

C6

L11

R4

C7

C8

C2

C1
C3

R2

R1

L10

L24

Capacitors are mounted below PCB

Right
Side

L17

Cabinet
Top

Cabinet
Bottom

C4

C5

Lead
locations

C6

Mirror
reflection
of C5 lead

C7

C8

C2

C1
C3

Each cap lead is available by the edge

of the circuit card. See the lead location
pointers on right.
Mirror image above showing lead
and a cap. The goal is to separate the cap
from the solder pad by clipping the
cap lead.
Carefully cut lead pulling it away from
solder pad and all other circuitry. You
will have 8 cuts total for the 8 caps.

Lead
locations
Cabinet
Top

Cabinet
Bottom

C5/C6

C7
L21

C4

L12

R3
C4

L23

C5

C6

L11

R4

C7

C8

C1

C2

C1
C3

R2

R1

L10

L24

L17

C2/C3
C8

Capacitors are mounted below PCB

External Cap Board Wiring Instructions

All location references are based on crossover
circuit card view from left side into cabinet, right
side of cabinet is up.
1. C1 to bottom lead L10 and left lead R1
2. C2/C3 to bottom lead L24 and bottom lead R2
3. C4 to bottom lead L11 and left lead R3
4. C5/C6 to right lead L21 and top lead R4
5. C7 to left lead L21 and right lead R3
6. C8 to left lead L17 and bottom lead R4

Finished Product