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

Posted by Frank_NH on Oct 27, 2015; 1:25pm
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Re caps and composition:  What probably makes more of difference in sound between two identical builds is the fact that most caps have a 5% (J) or 10% (K) value tolerance.  This certainly can affect filters and blocking caps, though the impact is would likely be very hard to hear, in general, unless a cap was way off from its stated value.  I generally look for 5% box caps for my builds, but have used 10% with no problem.

I often measure my capacitors with my DVM and have noticed that pF range ceramic caps can vary quite a lot.  It may be that measuring small capacitance values is difficult for the average consumer-grade DVM...