Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

About the caps, I'm facing 2 schools tech :
the one who is thinking logically than it's better to have new & full spec caps so they can provide their real electronic function... So it hsould end in a balanced result better than having random behaviours...

& the other one who says "NO", we change them if we have to & only if we have to...

But the fact is that 30 years after ... they are in theory ath the end of their Time. 

Actually they are not necessary dead...  
I also wonder if following the period of productions & marks, they are not all the same quality...

Were the ones used by Simmons some high quality ones ? 
or cheaper to keep the cost production lower as possible... ??

We all know that, if the design & concept was top notch,  Simmons was not top quality handcrafting, or mecanical engineering... 

SO all your experiences guys about caps are really important to know !!

I have a vintage mixer with master fully recapped ... We have the tendancy to think that it's closer to original product like this than with some old drifting caps & components.

I'm not preaching for any of these 2 conceptions, both can be logical...
but I feel we all need to know about both & to experience about it ! 

Bless you  :)
Patrice.
 

 










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De: Nick Zampiello <newallianceeast@...>
À: Simmons Drums <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
Envoyé: Mon, 20 May 2013 23:16:38 +0200 (CEST)
Objet: Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: SDS 9 elementary problem & deeper fault





 right!


there's definitely times when you might not...


i thought this about my SDSV until i just did all of the caps not on the cards.


power supply and some on the back card seating board.


it was so much better sounding.


z


 

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 From: jesper <jesper@...>

To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 4:30 PM

Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: SDS 9 elementary problem & deeper fault



  

Tell that to my 1950's Clavioline with original caps. ;)


The cap debate will go on, but no, I only replace those in need of 

replacing.


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Nick Zampiello skrev 2013-05-20 20:37:

> the capacitors are most likely to decay over time.

>

> all of them suffer after 20-30 years in the field.

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> usually the power supply is first thing you fix, after which a unit will

> actually start working, but it's not until you update all the caps that

> it starts to sound as good or better than factory.

>

> z


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