Tanatalium

[harry]

Tantalum Caps are rabidly polar.  Reverse the voltage on them - they fry with a
vengence !!!

Read the Caps FAQ  at www. musicsynthesizer.com written by (ahem) me.

<shameless plug mode off>

H^) harry

Neil Jendon wrote:

> on 1/22/00 7:56 AM, Philip at philip.olsson at ktv-sjobo.se wrote:
>
> Hello
> Today i got my hands on tantalium........now iam woundering ,,,,,,,,can i
> replace elektrolykts whit them?as long the voltage is rigth?
> i heard that they have lower noise to?
> // Olsson
> www.sjobo.se/philip/diyhouse
>
> Tants sound as bad as electrolytics. If you are looking for an improvement
> over electrolytics, try metallized polypropylene. Mind you, this is for
> lower value caps (<.47uf) anything bigger will be ungainly huge.
>
> Also, there are premium electrolytics: Black Gate, Cerafine, Nichion Muse,
> and Panasonic's THSA line. I use these as filter caps in power supplies, and
> they sound very smooth and un-gritty.
>
> -neil