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  • lti
    Badcaps Legend
    • May 2011
    • 2545
    • United States

    #21
    Re: "capacitor modding" - literally


    It's got some labrador in it...

    In a strange coincidence, Pink Floyd is playing on the radio.

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    • mockingbird
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      • Dec 2008
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      #22
      Re: "capacitor modding" - literally

      PCBONEZ, I'm surprised you didn't comment on this.. Is this the idiocy that we see it as, or is there something to this nutcase's "mods"?

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      • Th3_uN1Qu3
        Believe in
        • Jul 2010
        • 6031
        • Romania

        #23
        Re: "capacitor modding" - literally

        It's BS. Just proof that some people have WAY too much time on their hands. Even if it did make any kind of difference, a few nice words on a webpage does NOT = scientific proof. Where are all the measurements?

        We all know that audio is a very subjective experience, because the perceived sound depends not only on our playback equipment and psychology, but also on the physical construction of each one's ears and the activities the individual did before the listening session. To a large degree it also depends on what he's been smoking on...
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        Remember that by the time consequences of a short-sighted decision are experienced, the idiot who made the bad decision may have already been promoted or moved on to a better job at another company.
        A working TV? How boring!

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        • mockingbird
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          • Dec 2008
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          #24
          Re: "capacitor modding" - literally

          My question is not "does it make a difference"... Shouldn't the capacitor FAIL outright because there is no more aluminum oxide for the electrolytic reaction?

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          • PCBONEZ
            Grumpy Old Fart
            • Aug 2005
            • 10661
            • USA

            #25
            Re: "capacitor modding" - literally

            That's got to be the most asinine thing I've seen in ages.

            Current doesn't even go through the can or sleeve.........
            Couldn't affect the sound if it wanted to...

            Though, when you heat the fuck out of it internally by removing it's heat-sink [the can] and applying insulation [wood and rice paper] it might sound better for a SHORT time because it's easier for trons to travel through materials at higher temps.
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            • Pyr0Beast
              Badcaps Veteran
              • Feb 2009
              • 406

              #26
              Re: "capacitor modding" - literally

              Seems like someone will next time use earwax to seal those caps )

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              • PCBONEZ
                Grumpy Old Fart
                • Aug 2005
                • 10661
                • USA

                #27
                Re: "capacitor modding" - literally

                Perhaps he should use wooden screws to mount the PCBs.
                It's as relevant to the to the signal as the cap's can is.
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                Mann-Made Global Warming.
                - We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.

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                Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

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                You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.
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                • ratdude747
                  Black Sheep
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 17136
                  • USA

                  #28
                  Re: "capacitor modding" - literally

                  Originally posted by PCBONEZ
                  Perhaps he should use wooden screws to mount the PCBs.
                  It's as relevant to the to the signal as the cap's can is.
                  .
                  maybe make the PCB from balsa while they are at it? soldering one of those may give the user some more "thinking fumes"
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                  • joshnz
                    Badcaps Veteran
                    • Feb 2011
                    • 969
                    • New Zealand

                    #29
                    Re: "capacitor modding" - literally

                    Originally posted by mockingbird
                    My question is not "does it make a difference"... Shouldn't the capacitor FAIL outright because there is no more aluminum oxide for the electrolytic reaction?
                    They don't use the can for the process here is where the aluminum is used.
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                    • Logistics
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                      • Apr 2007
                      • 721
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                      #30
                      Re: "capacitor modding" - literally

                      I remember reading a site that was one of those wacked-out audiophool sites that I new was complete and utter BS, but I was amazed at how, when I read the articles, I got sucked in and wanted to keep reading even though I knew in the end it was just plain garbage. Anyway, the most bizarre one I've ever come across was one where they said they charge you some ridiculous price to call them, then they will have you put your phone in front of your speaker-system and they will send a tone or series of tones which will reprogram your stereo or tweak it so that it sounds better... Need I say more?
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                      • larrymoencurly
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                        • Oct 2004
                        • 960
                        • USA

                        #31
                        Re: "capacitor modding" - literally

                        You people can't tell the difference because you're not using superior cables made with conductive dielectric sheathing.

                        Really, I saw some $$$ cable advertised with that feature. Magician/debunker James Randi offered $1M to anybody who could prove that their expensive cables were superior to zip cord. StereoScam magazine said he was "swift boating" the cable industry.

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                        • ben7
                          Capaholic
                          • Jan 2011
                          • 4059
                          • USA

                          #32
                          Re: "capacitor modding" - literally

                          This is so funny!

                          I would be willing to try out the 'mod' but I don't have any capacitor test equipment.
                          Muh-soggy-knee

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                          • kc8adu
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                            • Nov 2003
                            • 8832
                            • U.S.A!

                            #33
                            Re: "capacitor modding" - literally

                            all that wood,wax,laquer,ect will burn real good when something fails!

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