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capacitor advice

2009-09-27 by misterb74

Hi there,

I'm in the process of putting together digital noise and tube vca modules, but I'm fairly new to this hobby and am a bit confused about the appropriate capacitors to use. I'd appreciate some advice.

When would a ceramic capacitor and when would a metalized polyester capacitor be more appropriate, or does it makes much of a difference?

Based on the photos of assembled boards I'm assuming that the 100n caps on the tube vca board are wima types (which I've been told are ideal for audio path type applications), and the 47 pf caps are regular ceramic. I'm less sure about the digital noise board.

Thanks in advance.

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