[sdiy] Orange Drop Capacitors?

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On 12/30/09 2:15 AM, "Tom Wiltshire" <tom at electricdruid.net> wrote:

> I think it's because..
> 
> THEY LOOK COOL!
> 
> T.
> 
> On 30 Dec 2009, at 00:41, Ian Smith wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hey all,
>> 
>> What's the deal with orange drop capacitors? They're everywhere in
>> "vintage" audio stuff and there's all sorts of talk about them
>> making things sound better and having better tone, but nothing on why.
>> 
>> Can you guys help me out?
>> 
>> -Ian
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Well it is sort of like the Monster cable effect.

If I spend $100 for an interconnect cable, it has to sound better.

I use lamp cord for my speaker set up in the lab vs Monster Cable and
measured it on my Audio Precision and found no real difference.

By the way, I measure cable by wife acceptance factor and find that they
prefer no cables. 

I have had Tom Holman come over several times for the holidays and he never
noticed that I was using cheap audio cables. But usually thinks my EQ could
use a small amount of tweaking.

Perhaps I should run this question of caps and cables past him as well.

Best regards,

Terry