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In Reply to: Black Cats are Mylar... posted by crooner on September 18, 2004 at 23:36:58:

is ceramic. If you are happy with the sound of the unit as is that's cool. I was only trying to help based on my experiences with the PAS. If you feel the sound is somewhat soft and vauge replacing those caps with even a cheap polypropylene like orange drops will make a big difference. The tolerance rating on most of the stock resistors is 20%. Plus they usually drift quite high in value over the years. A new carbon film will have a 5% tolerance and won't drift much over time. But the only way to find out is to try it. I sincerely doubt you will want to go back to the old parts if you do bother to replace them but you always can and it really isn't more than 50 bucks and one afternoon of your time.

Russ

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Topic - My PAS-3: Pictures and further commentary... - crooner 22:50:45 09/17/04 (6)

Some suggestions - Russ57 09:00:39 09/18/04 (4)

Fully agree: old caps = junk! (nt) - serus 22:29:29 09/18/04 (3)

Black Cats are Mylar... - crooner 23:36:58 09/18/04 (2)

Yes and the only thing worse than Mylar... - Russ57 12:00:58 09/19/04 (0)

Re: Black Cats are Mylar... - serus 08:36:51 09/19/04 (0)

Here's A Shot Of The Chassis Underside.... - crooner 22:56:58 09/17/04 (0)

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Yes and the only thing worse than Mylar... - Russ57 12:00:58 09/19/04 (0)

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