Absolutely. Positively. Natural facts. Any time you have a voltage developed across a capacitor (EQ, filter, RIAA, crossover, compensation etc) it will create distortion. The better dielectrics reduce the distortion produced under those operating conditions.
THx-RNMarsh
Heavy drinking sessions? Alcohol dulls the senses and its proven, that is why drunks talk so loud. How would they know what sounds right?
Then I guess we've also established that cannibus the audio senses
in ones brains and has a known relaxation effect. I guess that is why
the musicians use it so much. Several states have now legalized it, and
I'm sure there are more to come.
I'm wondering how a cannibus "high" compares to the investment
in caps, cables, plugs, outlets etc? Which is more cost effective?
"high" listening to cheap gear?
Sober listening to audiophile gear?
Now, what if you combine the two?
"high" and audiophile gear, is that the ultimate?
better than sex?
better than making music?
better than the natural high of making something work?
Thoughts to ponder.
Semper Fi brother.
I was once asked what fraturnity that was?
All very interesting comments. When anyone makes at statement that includes the word "capacitor" they are referring to a near limitless number of types, styles, dielectrics, construction, electrodes, manufacturers, etc, etc, etc.
Its really hard to get a feel for what makes a capacitor good, bad or ugly.....cheap or expensive.....well actually this one might be easy.....snake oil and gold would be expensive
Oh, quality does not equal tight tolerance, just screening during the manufacturing process.
Snake oil and gold foil do have definite effects on capacitors. Lets put it into perspective:
Snake oil, mineral oil, wax, beeswax, or ear wax all have certain characteristics - electrical and mechanical. By impregnating a capacitor with ear wax, you are replacing the "air" inside with a material with different characteristics.
Same goes with gold foil - the various electrodes used in wound film capacitors (yes this includes paper) have different conductivity, mechanical tensile strength, solderablity and such. Now lets take a metalized capacitor - how thick is the electrode? Can you say angstroms? 3.9-6 inches (If I remember correctly) Anyways pretty thin right?
Now how can you say various capacitor types have no effect on sound?
Yes, most every characteristic I've listed can be measured. The most difficult characteristic is electro-mechanical. What happens when a film capacitor is energized? It contracts! The rate of this mechanical movement is effected by many characteristics of the various material mentioned above.
Chew on this for a while and I will throw some more at you later.....
Its really hard to get a feel for what makes a capacitor good, bad or ugly.....cheap or expensive.....well actually this one might be easy.....snake oil and gold would be expensive
Oh, quality does not equal tight tolerance, just screening during the manufacturing process.
Snake oil and gold foil do have definite effects on capacitors. Lets put it into perspective:
Snake oil, mineral oil, wax, beeswax, or ear wax all have certain characteristics - electrical and mechanical. By impregnating a capacitor with ear wax, you are replacing the "air" inside with a material with different characteristics.
Same goes with gold foil - the various electrodes used in wound film capacitors (yes this includes paper) have different conductivity, mechanical tensile strength, solderablity and such. Now lets take a metalized capacitor - how thick is the electrode? Can you say angstroms? 3.9-6 inches (If I remember correctly) Anyways pretty thin right?
Now how can you say various capacitor types have no effect on sound?
Yes, most every characteristic I've listed can be measured. The most difficult characteristic is electro-mechanical. What happens when a film capacitor is energized? It contracts! The rate of this mechanical movement is effected by many characteristics of the various material mentioned above.
Chew on this for a while and I will throw some more at you later.....
We're voting to legalize it in November... I don't have to tell you which way I'm leaning.
I'd like to try some of those fancy stacked caps.... but.... talk about crazy pricing. http://www.thlaudio.com/DuelundCapMnE.htm I'm running Dayton caps in my system, I think they sound fine enough for my old ears.
http://www.thlaudio.com/DuelundCapMnE.htm
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Have a play with the silver Jantzen and the redZ..OK they are both different so its differing types of distortion..
Then there is the run of the mill polypropylene.. again all different types of distortion.
There you go..
..Humm what about detail..its type dependant<<wrong..
there you go..But people keep talking about caps, caps, caps, caps its always the same isn't it..(wonder why?)..LOL
AND they say the same type of cap doesn't work as well in every circuit...er the circuit is selective..
So you can't have a favourite cap then<<<Oh no!
Its synergy<<wrong..
Anyone would think normal caps don't have a sound<<<they don't they are ordinary normal capacitors..I'm sorry..but its all so stupid!
Only Audiophile caps have a "sound"..do you really believe this?
Regards
M. Gregg
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Reminds me of "Animal farm"Oh look,
A capacitor thread..a thread about capaci-tators even..
Capacitors all sound rubbish
Regards
M. Gregg
"All caps are crap, but some caps are crappier than the rest"
Reminds me of "Animal farm"
"All caps are crap, but some caps are crappier than the rest"
You hit the nail on the head..
Where is that shovel..
Regards
M. Gregg
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You hit the nail on the head..
Where is that shovel..
Regards
M. Gregg
*starts rewriting Animal Farm*
If you are able to find those ones, they are excellent ! http://www.exxelia.com/wp-content/uploads/pdf/Products_and_Solutions_2015.pdf (ex Eurofarad for industrial, aeronautic and spatial applications)
Huh. And I came here looking for a little guidance on the best type coloration to plug into my parafeed amp because it can be a flat, lean and boorish.
I guess that is a couple sites down the street after the next intertube.
I've been eyeballing the Jupiter caps as they have so many praises by some ears I've come to trust in the past. They seem expensive boutiques, but assume that's do to their small production numbers.
Bah, whats a couple hundred bucks? Peanuts in this land of first world problems. They're rolled with BeesWax and I fully expect honey!
I guess that is a couple sites down the street after the next intertube.
I've been eyeballing the Jupiter caps as they have so many praises by some ears I've come to trust in the past. They seem expensive boutiques, but assume that's do to their small production numbers.
Bah, whats a couple hundred bucks? Peanuts in this land of first world problems. They're rolled with BeesWax and I fully expect honey!
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