Finished another Edana

[kevlar3000]

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I really dig the SoZos. Have them in a couple amps, replacing the Orange Drops, which I still like. Scott, they need some hrs of play, they will become more articulate and have better clarity with some time on them. I ain't useing the spendy ones either.... I would rather dig up some NOS mustards.

I was in Savage audio a couple months back and they told me they switched to the Sozos in their line. They really like the difference .

[Gr8Scott]

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I have a multitester that checks capacitance. You can buy it at Radioshack. It's the most pricey one that they stock. It's made by one of the good companies and rebranded as radioshack.

[Scott_F]

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Hmm.. I have a pretty nice one that I bought from RS. It has that yellow rubber exterior removable grip stuff on it. I guess I should read the manual!

[Scott_F]

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I've got some coming in next week for Evan Skopp's amp. I was going to use Orange drops, but I figured I'd give these a shot first. Evan glossed the amp, the EvanRude. That's funny stuff. But, it's going to be a ultra clean blackface beast on one channel. (NOS 7581 tubes) On the "normal" channel, I'm putting in a 5E3 single tone knob. Give him a tweed tone that he can distort easily at Condo levels. Run verb and trem to both channels. Using a big AB763 super-reverb-type chassis.

Evan has JEff Swanson making the mother of all bandmaster reverb sized head enclosures in Hardwood Cherry. Jeff makes such great stuff. This is going to be pricey, but Jeff probably hand rubs about a dozen or more coats of lacquer on the final product. He is the wood master.

[Gr8Scott]

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http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2104750&cp=2032058.2032235.2032305&allCount=9&fbn=Price%2F%2450.00+-+%2499.99&fbc=1&fr=StorePrice%2FRSK%2F00005000%2F00009999&parentPage=family

This guy right here is the one I have. It's $89.99 at RS.

[Scott_F]

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Doh!

I have this one and it says it does capacitance up to 4uf. I'm officially a dumbass. Never mind. http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=family

When this football game is over, I'm going to go check out the tolerances of my orange drops, my mallory 150s and my sozo's. Yes, I'm an amp dork, measuring capacitance values late on a Saturday night.

[Scott_F]

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Couldn't wait, went outside during halftime. Duh. Sozo's were closeer than 5%. Mallory 150's weren't far behind (marked 5%). orange drops next. Not bad. I have a handfull of yellow chinese generic mustard caps that are marked 10%. Several fell outside that range.

The meter won't go over 4 uf, so I really couldnt' check the electrolytics which are marked +/- 20%, but I usually over do it there anyway.

So, terry and alex, no worries as yours were built with M150's and they are all closer in tolerance than 5%.

[Armotron]

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So, terry and alex, no worries as yours were built with M150's and they are all closer in tolerance than 5%.

No worries at all, sounds just fine to me anyway.

[Scott_F]

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No worries at all, sounds just fine to me anyway.

Yeah? You're 15! You probably have Dog Ears at this point! Take care of them! Glad you're still digging it.

I need you at my house when I'm trying out all these different components that only add like 0.05 % of a tone difference!

[75lespaul]

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I had SoZo caps & Mercury transformers put into a Bassman clone that I bought they made it sound like a different amp. Great stuff.

[Stratman]

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Actually, I was trying to get Scott to install these in 007 for me at the same cost...

http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=RAM&Category_Code=AC

[Scott_F]

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I refuse to put a 65 dollar capacitor in an amp. But, feel free to when you get it home! ahah!

75lp, I'm betting the new MM trannies made more of a difference than the caps did! Putting great transformers in place of mediocre ones can simply astound your ears.

[PUCKBOY99]

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No worries at all, sounds just fine to me anyway.

Same here

[LesStrat]

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*fighting the green monster*