04-27-2014, 08:01 AM
Those are "audio quality" oil-filled caps. Yes, they are expensive.
You mainly see them in audio-phile gear or test equipment.
Some high-end radios also used them. My Scott 800B has them. I tested several and they were all right on, so I left them alone.
I have a box full of them I got from my friend and mentor Bob Timms. Many are appropriate values for my Scott, I am saving them for my Great-Grand Children to have in case one of the ones in my Scott eventually fail.
In fact, I believe that when the atomic apocalypse comes, the only things left will be cockroaches and oil-filled caps.
You mainly see them in audio-phile gear or test equipment.
Some high-end radios also used them. My Scott 800B has them. I tested several and they were all right on, so I left them alone.
I have a box full of them I got from my friend and mentor Bob Timms. Many are appropriate values for my Scott, I am saving them for my Great-Grand Children to have in case one of the ones in my Scott eventually fail.
In fact, I believe that when the atomic apocalypse comes, the only things left will be cockroaches and oil-filled caps.
