[HAM] Capacitors

[Jordan Kersten]

Yea, the Orange Drops are cheap.  Would there be any reason to use Sprague Atom Electrolycits?  Those are the expensive ones.  I had an AO-10 preamp with the power supply caps replaced with Sprague Atom caps and I loved the tone.  Would there be an advantage to using these vs. cheaper electrolytics?-Jordan-

> From: thermionic27609 at earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:36:39 -0500> To: hammond at zeni.net> Subject: Re: [HAM] Capacitors> > Jordan,> > There has been a lot of discussion of this in the past, so you might > want to search the archives if possible.> > But extra money? For Orange Drops? A .0047uF @ 400V 716P Orange Drop > costs a whopping 97 cents from Antique Electronic Supply. They are > about the cheapest capacitors I would seriously consider using. For > the price, they're one of the few bargains left in the world.> > A bigger question would be: do you want to use reproduction can > capacitors or fit discrete electrolytics under the chassis? Not all > electrolytics are created equal. Hi-Fi people have had good luck/ > reliability with Panasonics, and there is the old standby: Sprague > Atoms.> > Also, not all values of capacitors will be available in film types > such as polypropylene. There are small values that are only available > in ceramic or mica.> > As someone who builds his own tube amps, my advice is: don't use > Mylar capacitors. Use polypropylene instead.> > And el-cheapo metal film resistors aren't always a step up from > carbon comps. If you buy resistors packaged in a local electronics > store, you may end up paying as much or more per resistor than you > would if you bought higher quality. Scott H. may paint me as an > 'audiophool' who believes in 'magic parts,' but that's inaccurate. I > like the cheapest thing that does the job well. I haven't shelled out > the bucks for Teflon V-Caps, and I'm not planning to any time soon.....> > David> > On Feb 17, 2008, at 1:56 PM, Jordan Kersten wrote:> > > Hey guys. I am preparing to rebuild my B3 preamp and I need some > > opinions. Basically I have a pretty simple dilemma...should I > > worry about cap choice? Should I spend the extra money and get > > Orange Drops or just go to my local electronic supply and put in > > "normal" electrolytic and mylar caps?-Jordan-> > _________________________________________________________________> >> >> > --> Subscription Options/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.zeni.net/hf/> Hammond-Leslie FAQ: http://theatreorgans.com/hammond/faq/> HammondWiki: http://www.dairiki.org/HammondWiki/> hammond at zk3.dec.com archives: http://zk3.hammondforum.com/> 
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