one of the beautiful things about using dave's discrete inductors for riaa (besides the fact that they are 80% nickel!) is that you can choose your own capacitors... none of this "riaa in a can" business that you get from other companies....
so here are some shots of the caps I use... true foil and teflon... silver leadouts... and potted in wax.... the best I have found so far....
Peace,
Me
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insanely amazing!
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1) what kind of consistency do you get (in capacitance)?
2) what happens if you exceed the voltage rating (wax museum?)?
getting value is easy.. have a meter next to you.. overwind and then back off......
ReplyDeleteas to explosions... well, in all these years I have only had one go bang.... it scared the hell our of me... I was actually trying to do a very careful a>b comparison.... late at night.., quiet house... and concentrating on a trumpet... and then BANG!!! an electrolytic in the field coil power supply popped.... made a mess of paper and foil inside the chassis, but the supply kept right on doing its thing...... but I nearly jumped out of my skin like that cap.......
Peace,
Me
Those are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteJim
YEs! I did this and potted them in Damar! Thought I was being extreme in my fetish! Wax is better! Peace,
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