breaking in audio capacitors - Page 9

sofaspud · 6th December 2012, 11:50 PM

These kinds of threads are often interesting as food for thought, into the diet of others. The practical audio reproduction value is dubious at best, whichever side one occupies.

6L6 · 7th December 2012, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by SY

Hold on, you two! It's a floor wax AND a dessert topping!

It's a shame nobody else commented...

Anyway, I got it.

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(If you are confused, Google 'SNL Shimmer')

TheGimp · 7th December 2012, 01:13 AM

If one is going to "break in" capacitors out f the intended circuit, shouldn't one also apply a DC bias during said "break in"?

Otherwise you still have to break it in for DC effects.

john curl · 7th December 2012, 02:13 AM

Maybe. Depends on the final placement of the cap.

DF96 · 7th December 2012, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by ClaveFremen

I wasn't suggesting you to invent anything but simply to try a diffrent POV, just to avoid bias...

OK, have we invented a new irregular verb:
I am biased
You are correct
We are confused

ClaveFremen · 7th December 2012, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by DF96

OK, have we invented a new irregular verb

Really elegant...

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MelB · 7th December 2012, 12:38 PM

What happens if you put the cap in "backwards"?

Let me pass you the opener for that can of worms.

DF96 · 7th December 2012, 12:48 PM

Then you hear the secret messages on your LPs.

Magz · 7th December 2012, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by MelB

What happens if you put the cap in "backwards"?

Let me pass you the opener for that can of worms.

Well now there's a situation where the effects are clearly measureable.

Put a polarized cap in backwards and it will likely explode.

Put a film cap in "backwards" (outer foil in wrong direction) and you will get more noise passed on in the circuit.

Both are measureable, the first with your eyes and ears, and the second with a scope or spectrum analyzer.

DF96 · 01:08 PM

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Am I the only person in the world who finds this waste of bandwidth intensely annoying? Do I really need to know that someone is contacting me using a Blackberry/iPad/whatever? Is is intended to warn me that as the person may be on a bus or in the shower that their usual standards of grammar and spelling may be temporarily suspended? Please, 'smartphone users of the world', switch this stuff off or lobby your suppliers to disable it.

Sent from my old Dell Inspiron 6400 running XP (SP2 I think) and Firefox (I don't know and don't care which version)

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sofaspud diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Antonio	These kinds of threads are often interesting as food for thought, into the diet of others. The practical audio reproduction value is dubious at best, whichever side one occupies. __________________ It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from enquiry. - Thomas Paine

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7th December 2012, 01:13 AM	#83
TheGimp diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Johnson City, TN	If one is going to "break in" capacitors out f the intended circuit, shouldn't one also apply a DC bias during said "break in"? Otherwise you still have to break it in for DC effects.

7th December 2012, 02:13 AM	#84
john curl diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: berkeley ca	Maybe. Depends on the final placement of the cap.

7th December 2012, 12:38 PM	#87
MelB diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: BC Canada	What happens if you put the cap in "backwards"? Let me pass you the opener for that can of worms.

7th December 2012, 12:48 PM	#88
DF96 diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2007	Then you hear the secret messages on your LPs.