Wow great read


Thanks Paul







--- In diy_audio_tweaks@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Baptista"
<paul.baptista@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> well for those who still can't hear or believe capacitors have an
> impact on the sound. This AES paper by a well respected transformer
and
> amplifier designer shows the math behind the intermod distortion in
> capacitors. As some of us have long believe the choice of
dielectric
> and the stiffness of contruction are key. As is the signal voltage
> through the capacitor versus the resonant frequency of the cap in
> question.
>
> the next step will be to devise a test that measures this
distortion as
> per these formulas to avoid long listening tests swapping caps.
>
> www.mennovanderveen.nl/nl/download/download_4.pdf
>
> cheers
> Paul
>