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RE: Frequency Compensation

No, the total uf value of all of DF's caps added together is the cathode bypass capacitor value.

Using smaller "side caps" is a different thing.

Bypassing a tube's cathode is one thing, "side capping" the cap used to bypass a tube's cathode, in an attempt to change or "fix" the "deficiencies" of capacitors, is another.

We also see side capping used on power supply caps and coupling caps in a attempt to improve some attributes of the main cap.

Bypassing a cathode (to the lowest frequency of interest) is about preventing local current feedback and restoring the tube's plate resistance.

Bypassing a cathode to less than the lowest frequency of interest is "Frequency Compensation".

Again, side capping is a different thing.

Tre'


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Edits: 03/02/15

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