JamesPeters
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I know a guy in Calgary who did some comparisons and I trust his observations, but I was curious to hear more.
As for me, I already know no matter what you discover, it's not going to change what capacitors I use in my amps.
I don't particularly rely on any brand/type of capacitor to get the sounds I do; if the brand I use suddenly vanished I could get the same sound/response using another brand/type by adjusting my circuits.
As for me, I already know no matter what you discover, it's not going to change what capacitors I use in my amps.
I don't particularly rely on any brand/type of capacitor to get the sounds I do; if the brand I use suddenly vanished I could get the same sound/response using another brand/type by adjusting my circuits.
stratotone
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Yep. I read a great article with Ken Fischer where he was talking about changing his amps here and there, and how he had used more than one transformer for his amps - he would just tweak the circuit accordingly. I'm sure though if you or he had a really substandard part though, it would be hard to design around it.
I just hear so many 'mojo-riffic' tales about the sozos, thought I'd see for myself. I do dig how they look cool and vintage though, and they really aren't THAT much more, at least in a small amp like an 18 watt. I think shipped I paid $28 or so (I have a few different values than a stock 18 watt, so I didn't just buy the kit they offer.)
Pete
JamesPeters":fde79 said:I know a guy in Calgary who did some comparisons and I trust his observations, but I was curious to hear more.
As for me, I already know no matter what you discover, it's not going to change what capacitors I use in my amps.
Yep. I read a great article with Ken Fischer where he was talking about changing his amps here and there, and how he had used more than one transformer for his amps - he would just tweak the circuit accordingly. I'm sure though if you or he had a really substandard part though, it would be hard to design around it.
I just hear so many 'mojo-riffic' tales about the sozos, thought I'd see for myself. I do dig how they look cool and vintage though, and they really aren't THAT much more, at least in a small amp like an 18 watt. I think shipped I paid $28 or so (I have a few different values than a stock 18 watt, so I didn't just buy the kit they offer.)
Pete
JamesPeters
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Sometimes yes, at the cost of some qualities I put in the design (ie. more noise, less clarity, less headroom, etc.) I've had to do this for some oddball prototypes and mods done with unusual parts. So I do plan my designs around parts of a certain level of quality/consistency to be sure I meet all my design goals. However there are a few manufacturers of each part I can go with at any time and no one would notice a difference. I definitely won't scrape the "bottom of the barrel" or use a part which is very far outside what I expect from it. My design approach makes it easy to weed those out though; I reject just about any part which has a lot of its own sonic characteristics, something that makes me work in a certain direction. I like to have the control in my circuit design itself. That means I have to know how to design it exactly the way I want it, of course...which was the real challenge.
I'll get to your email in a couple hours...just stepping out for din din...
stratotone":39df2 said:
Sometimes yes, at the cost of some qualities I put in the design (ie. more noise, less clarity, less headroom, etc.) I've had to do this for some oddball prototypes and mods done with unusual parts. So I do plan my designs around parts of a certain level of quality/consistency to be sure I meet all my design goals. However there are a few manufacturers of each part I can go with at any time and no one would notice a difference. I definitely won't scrape the "bottom of the barrel" or use a part which is very far outside what I expect from it. My design approach makes it easy to weed those out though; I reject just about any part which has a lot of its own sonic characteristics, something that makes me work in a certain direction. I like to have the control in my circuit design itself. That means I have to know how to design it exactly the way I want it, of course...which was the real challenge.
I'll get to your email in a couple hours...just stepping out for din din...