Capacitors.. which ones for which applications?

[Tom Phillips]

Which type Orange Drop are you using for comparison?

[Tele-Cat]

Which type Orange Drop are you using for comparison?

716.

[Tom Phillips]

No discussion of Orange Drops is complete unless we know what type is being evaluated. Now I understand how you got that opinion of Orange Drops.
The type PS Orange drop, IMHO, sounds good in a guitar amp.

BTY, I do like the 150s. I also like the 150 form factor better for hand wired amp work.

Cheers,
Tom

[Tele-Cat]

No discussion of Orange Drops is complete unless we know what type is being evaluated. Now I understand how you got that opinion of Orange Drops.
The type PS Orange drop, IMHO, sounds good in a guitar amp.

BTY, I do like the 150s. I also like the 150 form factor better for hand wired amp work.

Cheers,
Tom

Yeah, I definitely like config of the 150s better than the OD config.

Are the PSs polystyrene?

[Glasgow]

Thanks!

[fezz parka]

For guitar amps, especially tweed circuits, polyester is the shizzle.

[JoeM]

And what does shizzle sound like?

[hasserl]

And what does shizzle sound like?

Is that that frying bacon sound?

[Tom Phillips]

Yeah, I definitely like config of the 150s better than the OD config.

Are the PSs polystyrene?

PS type rated 200 thru 1000 VDC are Polyester film.
The higher voltage PS type are different dielectric and different construction but those higher voltage one are not applicable to guitar amp circuits anyway. It is interesting that there are so many different types and variations within the type. There are over 20 type versions of "Orange Drops"

Tom

[Enzo]

Just the thing when working on your Marshall JCM.

[melvin]

Try this: take a .01 or .02 uF cap of each type and switch them out in a Fender amp where the preamp is coupled to the PI. I wonder if you can hear any differences. Keep in mind the tolerances may skew the test.

I tried this once with .02's and found that I favored this cap i found called a "TINY CHIEF", anybody know what these things are?
Anyway, it may have been the tolerances but I heard differences with each.

I have also subscribed to the idea that 400V coupling caps sound different than 600V. Am I going crazy? Maybe I've been handling lead solder too often.

[Enzo]

Where? In what applications? Under what circumstances?

[melvin]

I'm talking about playing a guitar through the amp and listening. The 400/600 in the same position I mentioned... is that what you mean? did I forget to mention that Kush was also preferred to Northern Lights during the test?

[Enzo]

Oh. Well I certainly would carefully measure the actual capacitance of each as well as its ESR.

[melvin]

Yes, you're right, I think it has little bearing until I do so.