[sdiy] "VINTAGE AUDIO" capacitors

[Paul Perry]

I was actually there 'back in the day' (born in the first half of last 
century!) and I can tell you, there were no "engineered for audio" caps back 
then.
Plenty of leaky old rubbish, yes. Plenty of caps that MADE their own audio, 
if you like random pops and fizz.
One of the few advantages of living in these benighted times is that one can 
buy perfectly ordinary caps - much cheaper than back then - and they 
actually have guaranteed characteristics which they meet.

Now it is true that there are SOME caps that have strange voltage dependent 
characteristics that you would not necessarily want in a hi fi amp - but I 
do not think any sane person is going to use miniature high-k blue bypass 
ceramic caps salvaged from an old TV in an audio path anywhere.

paul perry Melbourne Australia
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