[sdiy] NPO caps in P08 and Andromeda

Neil Johnson neil.johnson97 at ntlworld.com
Wed Dec 10 19:59:21 CET 2008


Peter,

> well I worked on a Jen SX 1000  two or three years ago.
> and on the list of mods I found on the web, ( which the owner wanted ) 
> was to change the filter caps from ceramic to silver mica. ( or was it 
> polyester ? )
> I wasn't sure it would make much difference, but it made a great 
> difference. I would never recommend using ceramic caps in filters.

That may have been my website - where I recommend polystyrene capacitors.  Together with changing the filter input capacitor it does make a noticable difference to the filter's sound.

Neil

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