Re: box vs film caps (if that even makes sense)

Posted by Beaker on Oct 27, 2015; 11:32am
URL: http://guitar-fx-layouts.238.s1.nabble.com/box-vs-film-caps-if-that-even-makes-sense-tp25024p25538.html

Agreed. Those distortion figures are not bad at all in the frequency range we want them for.

I'm sure they are not ideal in all applications. However I personally am convinced they work well in most pedal designs.

I said they were quieter than standard ceramics - which implied that they were not as quiet as poly caps. However, they sound pretty quiet to me.

Same with the part about microphonics. I thought it was kind of common knowledge that caps can go microphonic - especially electrolytics.

I'm not saying that any of those facts are wrong or even misleading Drey, and it's always good to have all the info, but I really don't think that what we are using them for counts as "Critical Applications".

Pedal builders have a long tradition of using components that actively makes use of their flaws (transistor leakage for example) to their advantage.

Others deliberately mis-use components to get results, like Devi, DBA etc.

Thanks for contributing to the debate Drey.