BrianL said:All this points out the inherent danger in the audiophile "fetish" of blindly adding "better" bypass caps to commercial gear. But note that most of the so-called problems with "too good" caps is not in the audio band, but out at many MHz or many hundreds of MHz. Looking at various capacitor combinations on an HP/Agilent component analyzer is educational
Yes. And yes. But are you suggesting that ringing or oscillation tendencies at MHz frequencies is benign, just because it's 'not in the audio band' ?
No, I'm not suggesting that. The problem in the blind swapping done in so many audiophile tweaks is that the person doing it (whether a DIYer or a "professional" modifier) is that they generally don't have the ability to verify that their tweaks haven't caused some instability.
The saving grace is that most times nothing bad happens.
The saving grace is that most times nothing bad happens.
BrianL said:sorry for the really poor grammar. it's now too late to edit it...
The time limit for edits is 30 minutes, as far as I know.
Not to worry, though. We've all been there, more than once (Or at least I have. 🙂. And we knew exactly what you meant, anyway.
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