[sdiy] Newbie capacitor questions 2 - Return of the Cap.

anthony aankrom at bluemarble.net
Mon Jan 10 03:23:00 CET 2005





> NPO caps are most common in small values... but they CAN be found be found
> in LARGE(r) values.   I have some reels of a .039uF NPO.  Physical size is 
> very
> large (as ceramics go).
>
I have read that bigger is way better on some diy audio groups. Ceramics 
display
a lot of nonlinearity, but this lessens as voltage rating goes up. Also I 
think that
NPO are better in this regard than other ceramic caps. (Oil caps were best 
but
they're huge...)





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