[Boatanchors] Disc caps vs paper caps

[David C. Hallam]

> YMMV,
What the hell does that mean?  I guess I am just too old!

David
KW4DH

On 9/27/2012 4:32 PM, J. Forster wrote:
> Thank you.
>
> Frankly, I'm utterly sick and tired of all the hype these days.
>
> Hucksters sell the latest iPoo to people who have not the slightest clue
> as to how it works, or politicians who continuously tell the Big Lie
> disgust me.
>
> Freedom is Slavery
> War is Peace
> Success is Failure
>
> Orwell was an optomist.
>
> At least, in engineering, there are objective ways of determining that
> some claims are nothing but BS. That is, until the politicians get a hold
> of failure and tout it as success.
>
> If you make claims, you should be able to prove it, objectively, using the
> principles of science and engineering, not opinion.
>
> YMMV,
>
> -John
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>> John,
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>> I am with you.  Prove it!
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>> I have used both types of caps for 60 years and have never experienced a
>> difference between the two when used as couplong caps.  Remember the old
>> couplates?  They were used in many applications including WRL Globe
>> Scouts. They had ceramic caps in them too. I  don't know anything about
>> ceramics in HI-Fi Amps, but in boat anchors this is hog wash in my
>> estimation. (Microphonics?  maybe if dropped off a ten story building. We
>> are talking about 100 pound rigs sitting on a stationary table here).
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>> I want to see scientific proof before I believe it.
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>> Lee, w0vt
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> Prove it.
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>> -John
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> Prove it.
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>> -John
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