cap id question

[Neil Jendon]

on 1/25/01 1:50 AM, Tony Allgood at oakley at techrepairs.freeserve.co.uk
wrote:

>> Orange Drops sound really good.
> 
> Can somebody tell me why this is so? Do they colour the sound somehow?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Tony Allgood  Penrith, Cumbria, England


They do color the sound, but not nearly as much as tantalums, electrolytics,
metallized polyester, or ceramics of similar value.

Orange Drops are not the last word in transparency, but for musical
instrument amps they land squarely in that price-performance sweet spot.

For people who really fuss over these things, Orange Drops are considered a
little hard sounding. Some amp builders  prefer vintage caps, oil-filled
caps or some of the premium metallized film caps (Hovland comes to mind). I
like oil-filled caps, but they cost 15x what a typical Orange Drop costs,
and to some ears, oil filled caps sound bog slow.

That's the beauty of DIY; you can fuss over these things.

-neil