[sdiy] Walt Jung and Richard Marsh's Capacitors article

[Dave Krooshof]

>Besides the distortion of the ceramic cap (which MAY not be so bad considering
>that it is voltage dependant... and many apps are very low signal voltage)
>there is
>the often terrible value change with temperature...
>
>OTOH if it is a guitar fuzzbox who cares ???

>> Yep, Think your right and polyxxx are cheap enough to use everywhere where
>> audio is.
>>
>> About the right cap in the right place.
>> Did anybody try "bad" ceramic caps in a VCF,
>> or is the distortion: not interesting / not audible enough / too damn ugly,
>> for this application.

Yes, that is something I'd like to know too.
What would be nice for pure audio?
Which ones are good when you seek bassyness?
Which ones distort nicely?
Which ones are louder then wich others? (I noticed old tropical fish are
louder)


Greets,


Dave
(happy tagger)






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