[R-390] Which Orange Drops?

Curt Nixon cptcurt at flash.net
Wed Feb 23 20:48:17 EST 2011


The saga begins....

I'm looking to order a bunch of caps and stuff to begin the rework on 
the 390A.  All the info I have seen refers to repacement of all the 
brown paper tubulars with Orange Drops.  So..WHICH orange drops?

I have mostly used the 715 series which are polyester and available in 
400 or 600V.  I also see the 716P which is supposed tobe a "premium" 
715.  It is Polypropylene and mostly 400V availablity--but nearly twice 
the price.  Seems the audio and guitar guys have hyped the prices up for 
the right sounding caps.

I'm leaning toward the 715 because I've never had any issues with them, 
but is there some reason to use another series?  Too bad there isn't a 
similar cap in an tubular/axial package.

Thanks

Curt
KU8L




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