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From: brad@kontron.UUCP (Brad Yearwood)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Quality capacitor upgrades - also CD strangeness
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Date: Tue, 4-Mar-86 22:04:39 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar  4 22:04:39 1986
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Organization: Kontron Electronics, Irvine, CA
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Does anyone know reasonably priced sources of better quality capacitors
for upgrading and repairing audio equipment?  I see magazine ads for audiophile
capacitors from the supplier of the previously mentioned "audiophile
solder %-< ".  I'd rather pay for capacitors than hype.  Local electronics
stores (even in this electronic retailer-rich area) seem to concentrate
on the usual electrolytics, ceramic disks, and a few token micas and
low-value Mylars.  Pointers to reliable mail order houses or S.F. Bay area
retailers would be appreciated.

Also, when playing CD's (I've tried 3 different players), I often get
ugly ticks or splatters in the right speaker when listening to passages in
classical music in which the string basses (or perhaps cellos) are particularly
active.  I don't recall hearing anything comparable on rock or other types
of music.  It happens on a number of different classical recordings.  Is it
likely to be a defective amp channel or speaker, a preamp overloading problem,
common recording problems, or what?  Does anyone else notice a similar problem
(which might point more to problems in the recordings)?

Brad Yearwood
Kontron Electronics  {pyramid, voder, loral}!kontron!brad
Mountain View, CA