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RE: Roederstein vs. Tantalum

Posted by Lew (A) on December 25, 2015 at 10:28:22

In Reply to: Roederstein vs. Tantalum posted by Tubenstein on December 25, 2015 at 01:23:44:

"Roederstein" is a brand name, whereas "tantalum" describes all capacitors of a certain construction using tantalum as the dielectric and being polar in nature. I think most Roedersteins are metallized polypropylene or at best polypropylene film types. Anyway, although some commercial products I have read about do use tantalum capacitors in the signal path, apparently, in general they are best kept out of the signal path. So, I would say that any Roederstein that uses polypropylene dielectric would be preferred over any tantalum, in the signal path. The major advantage of tants is small size. If you insert them in reverse polarity or expose them to voltage that exceeds the rating, they explode and catch fire after exploding. This is unpleasant when it does happen. Believe me; I know.

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