[sdiy] cap question

[Magnus Danielson]

Aaron Lanterman wrote:
> On Aug 9, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Scott Nordlund wrote:
> 
>>> I think that's the general difficulty with this sort of thing, 
>>> "vintage" sound and whatnot.  Stuff gets designed according to ideal 
>>> approximations, by necessity.  If a "better", more ideal circuit 
>>> sounds less interesting, it doesn't mean that a more arbitrarily 
>>> imperfect circuit will necessarily sound superior, or that it's a 
>>> credit to the tremendous insight of the original designer (who 
>>> probably would have preferred higher performance/better specs in the 
>>> first place).  It seems to me that the most important factor is dumb 
>>> luck, guided by careful listening.
> 
> Reminds me of Don Buchla's comment to me when I called to ask him for 
> permission to sell boards for my Easel adaptation project:
> 
> "Those circuits are 40 years old. You do realize you could design 
> something much better now?"

I do hope you answered him "Yes, I know. :)".

Cheers,
Magnus - wonders if he should have himself an Easel clone...