Foreplay 2 Cap Question

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Offline Cary

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on: October 04, 2014, 10:41:46 AM
Will there be any sonic difference if I replace the stock .1uf/400volt cap with a higher quality one?



Offline galyons

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Reply #1 on: October 04, 2014, 01:00:18 PM
Tectonically....No.  Actually, to your ears.....YES!!

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Offline Paul Birkeland

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Reply #2 on: October 06, 2014, 05:25:11 AM
That cap is a bypass for the heater biasing resistor string.  The tube heaters are way, way outside of the signal path, so I really wouldn't spend any money here.  (I did when I built my first FP-II, long, long ago, oops!)

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Reply #3 on: October 06, 2014, 03:14:29 PM
Thanks Paul!

Cary
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