Re: Tonepot ceramic capacitor - should I change it?
Thanks.
The usuall stuff for amps are - frequency response +/- so so dB, THD and IMD apart from wattage rms and musical - that is pretty much it,
You have amp that are really the same in this regard - and yet, one will sound better - that was my attempt with comparison.
Measurement tell one story - not the full story.
I think there are every other reason for different caps in hi end amps - than age endurance thingy. Maybe not by normal measures - but by ear. My guess is it is to do with dynamic characteristics.
I made my own DAC from this project - with massive improvement just swapping caps to hi quality ones.
Most of these for digital purpose, delivering energy really fast when needed by circuits - filtering out any dips or flutter in power etc.
My favourite became a combination of os-cons and tantal on top of those - suddenly a lush clean hi end to it all.
Caps alone cost the same as the entire circuit board - so would make it manufactured like that probably 10 times the cost in retail.
Originally posted by Chistopher
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The usuall stuff for amps are - frequency response +/- so so dB, THD and IMD apart from wattage rms and musical - that is pretty much it,
You have amp that are really the same in this regard - and yet, one will sound better - that was my attempt with comparison.
Measurement tell one story - not the full story.
I think there are every other reason for different caps in hi end amps - than age endurance thingy. Maybe not by normal measures - but by ear. My guess is it is to do with dynamic characteristics.
I made my own DAC from this project - with massive improvement just swapping caps to hi quality ones.
Most of these for digital purpose, delivering energy really fast when needed by circuits - filtering out any dips or flutter in power etc.
My favourite became a combination of os-cons and tantal on top of those - suddenly a lush clean hi end to it all.
Caps alone cost the same as the entire circuit board - so would make it manufactured like that probably 10 times the cost in retail.
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