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RE: "I tried the Wima DC Link caps in my electronics and did not like them at all"

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In Reply to: RE: "I tried the Wima DC Link caps in my electronics and did not like them at all" posted by Salectric on March 12, 2017 at 09:34:50

Hello,
I could see what you are saying - and hearing - with a DC LINK all alone.
I always use a DC LINK as the " main cap", one in a bundle of caps, to get a certain total wanted uF value. Across it ( bypassing the DC LINK ), I put carefully selected additional film caps, much smaller in uF values, to voice the circuit, particularly if its a Single Ended circuit, until it sounds correct by ear. This is precisely how one gets a wideband-sounding single ended circuit.
Usually, one would add four to seven additional film caps, specific values, high in quality, all done by ear, as part of a bundle.
IMHO, no one cap, on its one, used alone, can do what a carefully selected bundle does, to play wideband, correct sounding, etc in a SE amplifier circuit. Same would apply to a speaker crossover.
Jeff Medwin

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RE: "I tried the Wima DC Link caps in my electronics and did not like them at all" - Salectric 13:44:31 03/12/17 (15)
- RE: "I tried the Wima DC Link caps in my electronics and did not like them at all" - drlowmu 13:59:42 03/12/17 (14)
  - RE: "I tried the Wima DC Link caps in my electronics and did not like them at all" - Frihed89 01:43:46 03/13/17 (11)
    - Here's a picture of an older one. - Tre' 12:11:49 03/13/17 (10)
      - RE: Here's a picture of an older one. - tube wrangler 21:14:23 03/17/17 (0)
      - RE: Here's a picture of an older one. - tube wrangler 09:39:12 03/17/17 (5)
        
        Very interesting comments - Salectric 09:52:39 03/17/17 (4)
        
        RE: Very interesting comments - tube wrangler 21:15:55 03/17/17 (3)
        
        RE: Very interesting comments - drlowmu 21:32:26 03/17/17 (2)
        
        RE: Very interesting comments - tube wrangler 22:14:57 03/17/17 (1)
        
        RE: Very interesting comments - drlowmu 23:38:07 03/17/17 (0)
      - Here's one built by a friend of mine. - Tre' 12:51:02 03/13/17 (2)
        
        Nice layout - Salectric 13:30:14 03/13/17 (1)
        
        RE: Nice layout - Tre' 15:09:38 03/13/17 (0)
  - RE: "I tried the Wima DC Link caps in my electronics and did not like them at all" - Salectric 14:36:50 03/12/17 (1)
    - RE: "I tried the Wima DC Link caps in my electronics and did not like them at all" - 91derlust 03:21:12 03/14/17 (0)