<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">For guitar/amp stuff anyway it was size and life expectancy. Good question though - I don’t remember doing audio tests between the two - just very famous people thought the tantalum products sounded great.<br><br><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 22, 2021, at 8:38 AM, Ingo Debus via Synth-diy <synth-diy@synth-diy.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Am 21.12.2021 um 21:29 schrieb Gordonjcp <<a href="mailto:gordonjcp@gjcp.net" class="">gordonjcp@gjcp.net</a>>:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">All electrolytics are equally good for audio.</span></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">In audio gear from past century’s 70s and 80s often tantalums instead of aluminium electrolytics were used for audio coupling. I always wonder why? Were they just en vogue back then? Or was this because of their (back then) smaller size? Sure they were more expensive.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ingo</div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Synth-diy mailing list</span><br><span>Synth-diy@synth-diy.org</span><br><span>http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy</span><br><span>Selling or trading? Use marketplace@synth-diy.org</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>