A 0.047uF seems too small to be a decoupling cap. In any case, why do you want to replace them? the main problem are electrolytics, not poly caps, those should be fine. Replacing very old electrolytics is fine, but polys, you need to have a very good reason to do it
Sorry I didn’t explain properly. I have more channels that I want to mod. I’ve sent a few channels to two different places to be modded. I bought 3 channels already modded by one of these places. This guy is retiring this month and only agreed to do a few of my channels and the other place is booked up for over a year and agreed to do a few of my channels, but also said I could do copy their mod if I could run a soldering iron. I’ve worn both out with questions and kinda feel bad bothering them at this point. I’m just trying to fully understand the do’s and don’ts of the whole “acceptable value substitutions” and “when to use what type” thing. I’ve spent countless hours trying to read/learn on my own and the supply shortages make it hard because I haven’t grasped the concept of and I’m not certain on what other brands are reliable. Im also worried that I’ll be waiting for months on some of these components and time is something I don’t have a lot of for this journey. Don’t really want to get too deep into why but but I can just say it’s not just another ordinary hobby thing for me. Hope this makes sense. These channels strips are all analog mixer audio strips ran by linear psu. Again, I greatly appreciate your info!
Be careful - that's actually 0.01µF, or 10nF. The European convention is to use a comma for the decimal point, so "0,01" means 0.01 which is the capacitance in µF.
I wasn’t going to use his name and didn’t want to get too deep as to “out” his designs, out of respect. I just wanted make sure I was buying the right things. He’s kinda of a short and to the point guy but I don’t think there’s any doubt of his brilliance at this point, but he said he’s done taking on new clients this month. Like said before, I’d like to have the right parts on hand so I can add a few extra modded channels if I need them and have extras in case of failures. I was going to send more channels off but both places couldn’t take in that many at this time and my wife’s about to make me move into the studio if I spend much more. I’ve bought top of the line gear up to this point. I didn’t want a digital or cheap China crap console, and the big 5 new ones are out of my price range so it lead me to the soundcrafts. I have to say, this 600 series is really a beautiful sounding mixer without any mods but my very small control room has me limited to space. The delta dlx I found was out of a church, was cheap, was in driving distance, will fit perfectly, and hopefully with these mods will have the lower noise floor/eq varieties that I’m looking for. I think maybe it’s best if I just ask them both if they’d provide me the list of components they’re using so I know I have the right parts on hand. I just really feel bad because I’ve called them so many times already.That’s exactly what I was trying to figure out! I knew something wasn’t adding up by searching. Thanks again!
What exactly are you modding or what is the improvement with this mod? are you changing the value or just the capacitor? if the latter, it seems useless to me....
The overall mods are to mainly to lower the noise floor/give more headroom, enhance eq sound, “give more punch”, from what I gathered. Supposed to make the console super quite. I’ve spoke with dozens of people that have had these done and every person said it’s a significant improvement. I guess I’ll know in a few months. Thanks
Well, its all subjective if you don't even know what the mod is doing. Again, is it a cap change to change the frequency of an EQ or what? what you just made with your comment is an ad populum fallacy, dozens of people say it, therefore it must be true, even if they don't even pin point what exactly has changed, and use such vague terms like "punch" and eq enhancement. I mean, its your money but, if I were you, I would want to know what I am doing.
