Good brand of Tant caps for SDC?

Title says it all. Need a couple 4.7u caps for a small diapragm condenser. I don't think any other type will fit (correct me if I'm wrong). Just looking for the best possible brand.

Thanks,

Craig

Tants are very often no-good in small-signal circuits like mics. If they're going in the audio path, you may want to look at the Wima polyester micro-range MKS02 at 2.54mm pitch. The 16V-models are almost as small as tants, but sounds much better...

e.g. http://www.isa-elektronik.de/dat/wima/MKS_02.pdf
http://www.isa-elektronik.de/wgr/wg011.html

Jakob E.

I don't think these are in the signal path, but I could be wrong. I'll look at those Wimas though. Thanks for the recommendation.

Craig

ones that don't short or burn.

I would use a name brand

Tants are often specified as the DC reservoir caps in the voltage multiplier circuits due to the HF nature of the charge/discharge cycle... I cannot for the life of me conceive of how one can ever "sound" better than another in this application: either they store enough charge or they don't. There are usually a couple of stages of R/C filtering, so you get smooth DC out at the end of the line. DC always sounds the same...

If that's the application and you're asking the question, you probably don't know enough to work out that there is no effective difference...tantalum is tantalum, it works well in the HF area, and good enough is the same as perfect. -In this case I quote Mary Poppins:

"enough is as good as a feast"

Just put whatever tantalum caps you can source in, and stop worrying.

Keith

I've dropped the idea of replacing the tants with "better" tants. I'm trying to get some of the Wimas mentioned in Gyrafs post. Any other suggestion for small film caps?
Craig

Caps are cheap. Just buy a bunch and don't trust what you read on the web.

yes, caps are cheap. But few brands make sub-miniature 4u7 polyesters. Wima is one that does.

Jakob E.

Yep, after extensive searching, the Wimas are the only ones that could possibly fit. Got a sample request in for some.

CDE

OK, also ordered some of the CDE subminiatures.