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In the Forum: Melquiades Amplifier
In the Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades
Post Subject: Great, yes, but hardly a "sleeper"Posted by Paul S on: 1/28/2008
Of course you know,Romy, but others may not know/remember that Nichicon have always had great specs, and years ago they were a "secret weapon" in the high end.
But lots of the DIY guys are computer geeks in their day jobs, and The Story is that Nichicon had a couple of bad batches of caps that fried some serious computers, in fact whole lines of computers, and that has hurt their reputation and their sales, to this day.
The irony is that one never knows how much substance there really is to such stories.
Still, ripple specs for their top caps are off the charts, so it's not like you're using cheap-o, off-brand stuff from a surplus store, like those old motor run caps, etc.
BTW, I admit that I also went off them after "The Troubles".
And when I finally took the lid off the iDAT 44+, what do you think John Wright uses? (one guess)
Best,
Paul SRerurn to Romy the Cat's Site