one large cap, or a few added up?


For a cap in series to a midrange (120uf) is it better to get one at that value, or is it better to use 3 to 4 in parallel like 30, 40 & 50 uf so it adds up to 120 uf ?

thanks
koestner

Showing 1 response by shadorne

I'd suggest to use several of the same Capacitors from the same batch and match values as closely as you can. Probably the most important will be to choose something fairly musical and yet reassonably priced and long lasting such as Ansar Supersound polypropylene. Ceramic would be terrible. I would be concerned about mix and match in the high signal level path - caps change shape slightly and "ring" with high voltages applied across them - it might be better to have a closely matched set or you may lose clarity.