Tme carries axial caps for about a quarter each, JB branded for the point to point crowd.
I prefer AV for coupling caps, Ebay: Tauritronics, not cheap but very high quality.
I got some Kemet 730uF 400V snap-ins from him yesterday. those are HEAVY, Thick film low ESR made for inverters.
I used at "Undisclosed ASML supplier" for a while, from that point on i like quality stuff. Those guys where DEAD serious about reliability.
Imagine the laugh we had when we received product X from the Chinese fab that had its Vishay electrolytics replaced by some no-name brand.
I prefer AV for coupling caps, Ebay: Tauritronics, not cheap but very high quality.
I got some Kemet 730uF 400V snap-ins from him yesterday. those are HEAVY, Thick film low ESR made for inverters.
I used at "Undisclosed ASML supplier" for a while, from that point on i like quality stuff. Those guys where DEAD serious about reliability.
Imagine the laugh we had when we received product X from the Chinese fab that had its Vishay electrolytics replaced by some no-name brand.
If the Chinese part does the same job as the Vishay, what's the problem, right? I mostly use these kinds of caps for coupling audio. I bought 200 0.22uF 630V CBB22 5% caps for 4 cents each!
My experience is MKP/CBB are all basically the same. Right now I'm listening to an amp that has Vishay, Illinois Cap, and Tenta.
My experience is MKP/CBB are all basically the same. Right now I'm listening to an amp that has Vishay, Illinois Cap, and Tenta.
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Well, those caps didn’t fail. Even in products near the end of their life cycle. It was funny because obviously the person that tried to repair the product applied consumer electronics standards to something built to the highest standard. Bad caps are common in stuff built to a price, not in that kind of gear. Imagine something that runs 24/7 and costs six figures if it ever malfunctions.
Safe to say the BCcomponents/vishay group makes quality stuff.
Black gate capacitors? thats cute but i didnt see any of those there.
Safe to say the BCcomponents/vishay group makes quality stuff.
Black gate capacitors? thats cute but i didnt see any of those there.
Use the 716P series capacitors instead, they have copper leads. The 715P series uses steel leads.
These ones use copped clad steel so it's a better comparison.
Ya I've never used a blackgate cap. The fact that a 30 cent cap (Tenta or Carli X2) sounds just as good as a 6 dollar cap (Vishay MKP1839) speaks volumes... Now to find out if a 4 cent part can cut the mustard. The cheapest part from Digikey is 1.10$ a piece (Kemet). That's a huge difference, right?
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Picked up a pair of vintage Wharfedale 12" drivers. Not sure what exactly but they apparently came out of an acoustically sealed box. Unfortunately one has a rub, will need to look closer if it can be tweaked or if it needs reconing
Wharfedales with a square magnet??
I once (1972-73) had some 80-litre boxes equipped with a Wharfedale kit: 12" + 5" + 1" dome.
I once (1972-73) had some 80-litre boxes equipped with a Wharfedale kit: 12" + 5" + 1" dome.
Coming soon in a local auction
I've just seen this in a local auction catalogue...
Lot 294
VINTAGE & LATER ENTERTAINMENT EQUIPMENT & SEPARATES and a quantity of LPs in a stylish perspex storage rack, equipment includes an AKAI 4000DS `reel to reel` recorder, two Heathkit valve tuner and selector, an Ariston digital quartz tuner TX-510 and a disc player, Technics separates including a direct drive SL-1200 record deck, a ST-2300 stereo tuner, a SU-3500 stereo integrated amplifier, a Pioneer SA-9100 stereo amplifier, a pair of small Rogers speakers and a Sansui D-X310W double cassette deck E/T
Guide price
£70 - £100
I think the guide price is a bit low.
Pity I'm away on business!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've just seen this in a local auction catalogue...
Lot 294
VINTAGE & LATER ENTERTAINMENT EQUIPMENT & SEPARATES and a quantity of LPs in a stylish perspex storage rack, equipment includes an AKAI 4000DS `reel to reel` recorder, two Heathkit valve tuner and selector, an Ariston digital quartz tuner TX-510 and a disc player, Technics separates including a direct drive SL-1200 record deck, a ST-2300 stereo tuner, a SU-3500 stereo integrated amplifier, a Pioneer SA-9100 stereo amplifier, a pair of small Rogers speakers and a Sansui D-X310W double cassette deck E/T
Guide price
£70 - £100
I think the guide price is a bit low.
Pity I'm away on business!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Clearly that auction house has no idea what they're looking at.
I bought a legal limit linear amplifier a few weeks ago for $100 at an estate sale... Auction house (and other bidders) had no idea what it even was. I keep telling myself I have enough crap and don't need another boat anchor, but then things like this come along. I can barely buy the plate loading cap for that price, much less the whole amplifier.
I bought a legal limit linear amplifier a few weeks ago for $100 at an estate sale... Auction house (and other bidders) had no idea what it even was. I keep telling myself I have enough crap and don't need another boat anchor, but then things like this come along. I can barely buy the plate loading cap for that price, much less the whole amplifier.
Vintage & Antiques, Colwyn Bay
TUE 15 SEPTEMBER 2020, 10:30 AM - COLWYN BAY SALEROOM, NORTH WALES
TUE 15 SEPTEMBER 2020, 10:30 AM - COLWYN BAY SALEROOM, NORTH WALES
I treated myself today to a new CPU, motherboard and RAM. I don't "need" them, but I sold a bunch of stuff on ebay recently and decided that it was time for an upgrade.
Ryzen 5 3600, modest motherboard and 16GB RAM.
Ryzen 5 3600, modest motherboard and 16GB RAM.
Nice. I'm sure you'll like it. I did a similar thing when my mother in law needed a new computer... there was a rolling upgrade, she got the Ryzen 5 2500, My other half got my Ryzen 7 2700X, and I got a Ryzen 9 3900X 🙂 That was the first time I upgraded and sold the old one instead of giving it away because it was an anchor! The laptop is still an Ivy Bridge i3 though and it's slow but good enough.
Ha! I'm still running (and loving) my FX-6300. 🙂
The R5 3600 is going to be WAY more than I "need". In other words, lots of fun. 🙂
Speaking of rolling upgrades, my daughter will go from the Phenom II X4 960T with 8GB RAM to my FX-6300 with 16GB of ram, and my daughter's gear will go into my server in the basement, which is running some old dual core Athlon. 🙂
All systems run Linux, so just swap the hardware and boot. Done.
The R5 3600 is going to be WAY more than I "need". In other words, lots of fun. 🙂
Speaking of rolling upgrades, my daughter will go from the Phenom II X4 960T with 8GB RAM to my FX-6300 with 16GB of ram, and my daughter's gear will go into my server in the basement, which is running some old dual core Athlon. 🙂
All systems run Linux, so just swap the hardware and boot. Done.
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my new PC
Gave myself a present today:
A HP Z840 with dual Xenon 8 core prosessors and 256Gb ram.
A raid 10 cluster and dual SSD enterprise system disks.
Topping it off with a dual monitor.
i hope simulations are now a bit faster as before.
Gave myself a present today:
A HP Z840 with dual Xenon 8 core prosessors and 256Gb ram.
A raid 10 cluster and dual SSD enterprise system disks.
Topping it off with a dual monitor.
i hope simulations are now a bit faster as before.
Bought a Latitude 3570 I5 6th gen laptop - a 15"er for my aging eyeballs. Came with an extended battery; "says" 10Hrs to go.
Probably for the 1st time ever, I dont have to tote around the AC brick so I can be sure it doesnt die in the middle of what I'm doing! I'm a little behind the times...
Fortune smiled as I sold my old HP 8470P laptop for 2/3 what I paid for this one; hope the buyer likes it; built like a tank, compared to this more flimsy, plastic thing.
Probably for the 1st time ever, I dont have to tote around the AC brick so I can be sure it doesnt die in the middle of what I'm doing! I'm a little behind the times...
Fortune smiled as I sold my old HP 8470P laptop for 2/3 what I paid for this one; hope the buyer likes it; built like a tank, compared to this more flimsy, plastic thing.