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Re: ARC SP8 P.S. caps fried

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I just ordered some replacement caps from ARC for $5.40 each. Not bad. I'm just curious what ARC had to offer for replacement...most likely Nichicons. I kept and gutted the original caps and may stuff it later, just to kept the orignal look. It's interesting to find that all the caps in the preamp had a 4 digit code in which the first 2 digits appears the be the year it was made. On my unit all the caps had 86 or 87 for the first 2 digits, which corresponds to the year that the preamp was made purchased in 1987.

The B+ caps on this rev.7 is Sprague 53D and I think that is available through Mouser. I'm not replacing those yet but seriously thinking about it. Debating if I should get the Nichicon from ARC or the new Sprague 53d. Are the current Sprague caps good quality? Are they still made in the USA?


I'll keep you all posted on the progress.


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