Re: good MMC? (different than first)

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Original poster: "bob golding by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <yubba-at-clara-dot-net>

Hi all,
    While I agree totally with Gary that it would be a total waste of money
to use those caps in a
TC the article on selecting caps by Richard Marsh  does have a lot of
useful stuff about caps that
could be relevant to any coiler. Well worth a read in my opinion.

cheers
bob golding

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Lau, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<Gary.Lau-at-compaq-dot-com>
>
> There's a good possibility that they would work, but it comes as no surprise
> that there's no mention of price anywhere on the referenced web site.
> Products targeted towards the audiophile market are usually priced 10-100
> times what the thing is really worth.  These capacitors tout having
> gold-plated oxygen free copper leads.  Beyond looking nice, this serves no
> functional purpose except to justify their presumably ridiculous price.  And
> I would like to know just what audio application requires a 2400V rating on
> a capacitor!
>
> Leave these for those who light their cigars with $100 bills and go to
> Digikey or Terry Fritz for the more mundane but very functional and
> affordable Panasonic caps.
>
> Regards, Gary Lau
> Waltham, MA USA
>
> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
> <Kidd6488-at-aol-dot-com>
>
> wow! i found these while surfing the web :
> http://www.capacitors-dot-com/audiocap/ppmt.html
> tell me what u think...