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Re: [ModularSynthPanels] Tau Pipe Update

2008-05-24 by Mark

On 5/23/08, Scott Deyo put forth:
>Hey all,
>
>I just built a Tau Pipe -- wowza!! The thing sounds amazing!

Groovy :)

>I had a bad tantalum cap, and I know another customer had one too. I'll
>ship electrolytics from now on.

I wondering about that myself.  What advantage is there to tantalum??
Is it lower inductance??  I'm planning to use the same Xicon 10uF
electrolytics used in MOTM.  I've heard that when tantalum's fail
they tend to fail short, while electrolytics tend to fail "open".

>I only used one LED. It really was fine.

Oh come on now ;)

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