Vintage Synth Repair

Thanks,

I'm referring to electrolytics only.


--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, "Antoine Deschênes"
<antdes45@...> wrote:
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> In power supplies, I'd recommend Nichicon HE/UHE caps, their MTBF is
> much longer than most capacitors. In the signal path, people recommend
> poly#### film capacitors to replace electrolytics, since they're
> non-polarized and have always good characteristics for audio. You
> simply eliminate the need to look through tons of different types of
> capactiors, there are no bad sounding film caps. There are two common
> types, polypropylene and polyester. Polypropylenes are said to sound
> better, but they start failing after 20-25 years. Polyesters don't
> have this problem.
> 
> 2008/4/13, gil_we <gil_we@...>:
> > I've been so far done recapping of mainly power supply, in analog
> >  synthesizers. I'm no willing to start doing a full recap for a few
> >  synths, and need to pick up the best make of caps for that purpose.
> >
> >  Most important is, of course, sound ! I had a bad experience
recapping
> >  an old stereo amplifier with modern makes of caps, and noticed some
> >  change in sound, in a bad way (it sounded thinner once I recapped).
> >
> >  Any suggestions ?
> >
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> Antoine Deschênes
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