[sdiy] Favourite electrolytic cap brand / model?

Gordonjcp gordonjcp at gjcp.net
Tue Dec 21 21:29:51 CET 2021


On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 01:00:20PM +0100, cheater cheater via Synth-diy wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestions so far everyone. As Tom figured out I'm
> looking for both polar and bipolar electrolytics, so feel free to
> suggest both.
> 
> On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 11:29 AM Mike Bryant <mbryant at futurehorizons.com> wrote:
> >
> > As for brands, better to buy a known brand but no point in buying 'audio specials'.  They will still both sound and last the same time.
> 
> To make this clear, I'm not looking for "audio specials" or
> "audiophile capacitors", I'm just looking for high quality
> electrolytics that are good for audio. Not all of them have to be, eg
> due to high Q.

All electrolytics are equally good for audio.  Anyone that says otherwise needs piss tested because they're clearly on so much coke they can hear the individual electrons whizzing around.

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Gordonjcp



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