[sdiy] VCF caps in modern synths

[ColinMuirDorward]

I could be wrong but I thought the regular/orange version also had "hand
selected components".
I think it means they used a mouse while shopping parts catalogues?

On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 9:04 PM Jay Schwichtenberg <jschwich53 at comcast.net>
wrote:

> The Grey and Blue supposedly has 'hand selected components' and spring
> reverbs according to Behinger.
>
> Jay S.
> On 3/23/2021 1:46 PM, ColinMuirDorward wrote:
>
> >> Interesting.  So are they selling a special version for the coke-addled
> audiophools who reckon that they can hear the difference between
> through-hole and SMD components?
>
> I don't think it's a question of through-hole vs SMD. It's more like
> ceramics vs something else (film, in this case). It *is* interesting,
> though. Behri never advertised this capacitor change AFAIK, so I wonder if
> maybe they just weren't entirely sure which to use yet. Personally, I've
> never found a filter where yellow, box/film sounded better than C0Gs. If I
> decide it's worth voiding the warranty, I would try polypropylene in mine,
> if only because it's an easy change.
>
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 7:32 PM Gordonjcp <gordonjcp at gjcp.net> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 03:15:53PM -0400, ColinMuirDorward wrote:
>> > Here is a little update to this topic.
>> > Some good people at GS have photographed the VCF section on two behri
>> 2600
>> > versions: orange/black and grey.
>> > You can see that in orange, they used SMD ceramics, and on grey, yellow
>> box
>> > film.
>> > Lucky for us, the orange version has empty through-hole footprints!
>> >
>> https://www.gearslutz.com/board/attachments/electronic-music-instruments-and-electronic-music-production/953304d1616358816-behringer-2600-a-2600vs2600.jpg
>>
>> Interesting.  So are they selling a special version for the coke-addled
>> audiophools who reckon that they can hear the difference between
>> through-hole and SMD components?
>>
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