Quoted from Desmodromic:

PinWoofer has suggested starting point in the Blog section of their website. It's a starting point that you can tune to taste.
https://pinwoofer.com/blog/pinwoofer-stern-spike2-foo-fighters-amplifier-settings/
I ended up here after some tweaking:
8 ohm, Audio Filter @ None
Music and Speech Attenuation both @ -5
Bass Freq: 12:00
Bass Vol: Max
BackBox Vol: 1:00
Treble: 2:00
Volume: 2:00
It will get brutally loud and crystal clear. Truly a pleasure!
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Don't need them but GLI is in case you have a noise issue (I didn't) and Line Trimmer is if you're running external speakers like an external sub box. For just the kit and speakers enclosed in the machine, you shouldn't need either but PinWoofer can correct me if I got it wrong.

Quoted from Dantesmark:

What are ur settings?
Installing mine tomorrow!!

Quoted from AMartin56:

Can you direct us to where we can purchase replacement caps?

Quoted from AMartin56:

Thank you. I'm definitely pursuing replacement with my dealer and Stern.

Quoted from prentice:

Have a look at the first column of this cheat sheet: http://bit.ly/sternaudio
For $80 and very little effort you can upgrade to speakers that I think are possibly better than the LE.
Oh also I’d highly recommend grabbing the $30 external volume switch!! It’s a must on all my new pins.
Into my FFLE I just put in a Fosi amp, 5.25” Kickers in backbox, JBL cab speaker, and external sub (the final column in the spreadsheet) and it is thumping! Now I need to add a little foam to dampen the glass which is furiously shaking from all the volume and energy.

Quoted from Jamesays:

try pinwoofer
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Quoted from prentice:

interesting, I've done it on all of my Sterns and it always sounds great.
I generally don't mess with the EQ curves at all; I just turn off the EQ (High/Low filter/10 channel), and it sounds great.

Quoted from EaglePin:

Llast night a thought struck me about the city modes in Foo. I like the Foo layout and the story they've created for the game a lot, but I think the current structure of the modes isn't using the great layout enough.
The 6 main city modes don't use the drops or standup targets at all and they only use the Overlord for the final shot of the mode. And when they use the spinner lane it's never used for counting spins. The spinner is used to move the NY shot around the playfield, but otherwise in the city modes it's only ever used like any other lane shot.
And even though this layout has great flow and combo shots, LA is the only mode that really uses combos much. They've instead leaned heavier into what they call "value" shots in the rules structure which seems focused more towards tournament/scoring instead of mode progression.
Godzilla modes use the maser canon, spinner counts, targets, and magna grab in addition to the main ramps and loop shots in modes.
Bond uses the drops, tank target, Goldfinger target, and scoops in modes.
And the variety & feel of the modes in GZ and Bond is much better for the use of those features.
It just seems like a missed opportunity in Foo to not use the drops, standups, spinner, and overlord more in city modes.
Also, currently 4 of the 6 main Foo city modes just use some sort of a shot pairing.
- Roswell has 2 shots lit.
- Seattle has 2 shots lit.
- New York has 2 shots lit (spinner plus one other shot).
- New Orleans requires you to hit 2 shots to the same place.
So even though there is difference in the way the mode rules are written, they're not feeling very different since it's mostly just pairs lit. And those pairs are only taking you to the main ramps and loops with little to no involvement of the drops, standups, spinner, or Overlord.
Austin and DC were both 6 ball flail fests at first. They've improved DC. It would be nice to see them mix up the main city mode rules a bit to use other playfield features & combos more.

Quoted from Jamesays:

added Pinwoofer lights to My LE.Looks Great easy install