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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Manufacture of polycarb capacitors stopped in the late 1990s so I really doubt if anyone is using them now. I assume it was an old document in dire need of
updating to modern capacitor technology.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">In most applications you won’t see much difference between C0G and X7R nowadays. Obviously smaller values for things like filters are C0G/NP0 because of better
tolerance but you’ll find large numbers of X7R in commercial products as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Synth-diy [mailto:synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>ColinMuirDorward<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 07 January 2021 20:20<br>
<b>To:</b> Vladimir Pantelic<br>
<b>Cc:</b> *SYNTH DIY<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [sdiy] VCF caps in modern synths<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for the chats on this.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Curious to hear that sh101/202 used ceramics. Sounds like this is quite normal in the industry. I would hope that today we at minimum have a predominance of C0G types since they don't cost much more than a cent each.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I was noticed in the ssi2140 docs that "Ceramic C0G/NP0, polystyrene, some polyester and polycarbonate types are recommended".I was surprised to not see polypropylene in the list and also have never heard of polycarbonate types.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Colin<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 2:06 AM Vladimir Pantelic <<a href="mailto:vladoman@gmail.com">vladoman@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 2021-01-06 08:56, ColinMuirDorward wrote:<br>
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> In the world of hifi/mastering gear, attractive looking WIMA packages,<br>
> non-polar electrolytics, and the like, seem to add credibility to a product.<br>
> I don't see this trend perpetuate in the commercial-synth market, despite<br>
> VCF-fetishes. At<br>
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Well, I have seen some suspiciously red and bulky capacitor packages in<br>
Synthesis Technologies latest products, given they generate the sound digitally <br>
they are not VCF or S&H related... but then I don't think Synthech needs to add <br>
extra cred, no?<br>
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