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Re: [korgpolyex] Re: Power circuit repair.

2014-03-13 by <backshall1@...>

Was there any truth to all the hype about bad tantalum caps in the ‘70s? I had an ARP Odyssey a couple of years ago that seemed okay so I didn’t touch them. They all seemed original.
Don B.

From: bperkins211@... 
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 7:30 PM
To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: [korgpolyex] Re: Power circuit repair.

  
I agree that caps are not a typical failure point in 80's gear.. late 90's to late 00's can be another thing though.. the great cap plague era. I did have a Tascam 4track Porta 01 MarkII that had all 4 preamp's with 10v caps fry(they were in a 9v circuit...) I put new 35v ones in and fixed it right up.

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