[sdiy] Sonic qualities of parts..

[Samppa Tolvanen]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 10:50 PM, Robert Lorentz
<robert.lorentz at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> This brought me to consider how it's often stated that certain caps
> are higher "audio quality" than others.  I understand that different
> materials and construction techniques result in different
> characteristics of a capacitor, but how do these differences translate
> in to real, tangible, and measurable, differences in audio circuitry?
> And to what degree does it actually matter?  Sure it feels good to
> throw the most expensive capacitor with a 400volt rating in to every
> Cxx spot on a board, but is this achieving any meaningful results?
>

"Picking Capacitors by Walter Jung and Dick Marsh" seems like a nice
read with a bit of that scientific twist, so You'll see what You want
or don't want in your _AUDIO PATH_ ;) The merits of changing caps on
otherwise adequate PSU to low ESR types are best discussed with
audiophiles or their psychiatrists..

Samppa