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Re: Bypass Capacitors

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Posted by Jon Risch on June 17, 2000 at 22:25:33

In Reply to: Re: Bypass Capacitors posted by auralight on June 17, 2000 at 12:10:57:

Many have successfully used bypass caps in the signal path. If you are trying to say that adding in another capacitor will cause a signal distortion due to timing differences, then I would have to say that no calculation that I can perform will back this up, as the timing differences are so mnute as to defy the imagination. Practical usage of bypass caps in the signal path leads to the conclusion that they usually sound better, if they don't, sometime it is due to increased HF energy getting through the system, and occasionally a deleterious resonance condition due to circuit impedances and topologies.

Real world experiences with the various types of capacitor's leads many of us that are involved with high performance audio to conclude that the film and foil types are generally superior sonically. Yes, they have to be made correctly, and yes, they are harder to make right, but when they are, they beat the sound of the metallized types just about every time.

For the brands and types of film caps used for high performance audio, the theoretical issues you bring up are moot, and not an issue with properly constructed caps.

Jon Risch

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