TornadoTed
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I brought a Soundcraft Sapphyre which I intend to fully re-cap.
I have been looking at Panasonic and Rubycon caps. Any thoughts on these?
I am confused by current ripple, caps with exactly the same specs are vastly differnet in price depending on their current ripple.
A 47uf 25v cap with a ripple value of 147mA is £0.107 where the 480mA current ripple version is nearly £0.57 nearly 6 times as much.
The operating life is higher on the lower ripple version but is this at the expense of sound quality?
What is the practical differnece between the versions?
I am totally clueless about this so any input would be welcome.
Here is a link to the caps I was looking at,
http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/search/browse.jsp;jsessionid=QCAIMTKBDNE2PQFIAEXJLTQ?N=411+124174+130075&Ntk=gensearch_001&Ntt=rubycon&Ntx=&_requestid=80461
Also anyone know the alps code numbers for the faders, switches and pots used in the Sapphyre? I contacted Soundcraft but they seemed expensive.
The alps 'K' faders are a fair bit cheaper than what they quoted me and they appear to be a direct replacement.
I have been looking at Panasonic and Rubycon caps. Any thoughts on these?
I am confused by current ripple, caps with exactly the same specs are vastly differnet in price depending on their current ripple.
A 47uf 25v cap with a ripple value of 147mA is £0.107 where the 480mA current ripple version is nearly £0.57 nearly 6 times as much.
The operating life is higher on the lower ripple version but is this at the expense of sound quality?
What is the practical differnece between the versions?
I am totally clueless about this so any input would be welcome.
Here is a link to the caps I was looking at,
http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/search/browse.jsp;jsessionid=QCAIMTKBDNE2PQFIAEXJLTQ?N=411+124174+130075&Ntk=gensearch_001&Ntt=rubycon&Ntx=&_requestid=80461
Also anyone know the alps code numbers for the faders, switches and pots used in the Sapphyre? I contacted Soundcraft but they seemed expensive.
The alps 'K' faders are a fair bit cheaper than what they quoted me and they appear to be a direct replacement.