SV: [sdiy] Orange Drop Capacitors?

[Nils Pipenbrinck]

Hi John,

John Alex Hvidlykke wrote:
> I need to ask about the nicknames you use:
>   

These are the "tropical fish"-capacitors:

    http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z274/razzz_photo/27avril044.jpg

And the mustard caps:

    http://www.valvepower.co.uk/mustardcaps.jpg

> i did not know these were in such high esteem. After reading your posting I
> looked mustard caps up on eBay. Five dollars for a 39 nF capacitor!
Impressive, no? 15 years ago or so I had boxes full of these things. To
bad I threw them away to make some space... Nowadays I could make a
small fortune on e bay with them. The 22nF caps are the most expensive btw.

> Are they really that good. 
I have a set of the mustards in my guitar pre-amplifier and I like them.
They sound good but I doubt they sound 10 times better than a 50 cent
cap :-)

Cheers,
  Nils