[R-390] "unwarranted overstatement"

[Barry Williams]

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the other other Barry



> I have to agree on this one....
>
> We have been rebuilding these old war horses with OD caps or their
> equilivents for decades and I can't remember one performing any worse after
> the application than before.  I've never found one with odd ball performance
> characterists, weird oscillations, degraded audio or degraded RF performance
> or any thing one might attribute to the wrong application of capacitor type.
> I think with the improved technology of the dipped film foil caps or the
> modern day ceramics the work to recap the radio is always an improvement.
>
> I'm not trying to re-open the debate related to complete recap vs selective
> recap here.  If you do either with modern parts you have improved the radio.
>
> Making the assertion that using ODs for bypass is the unpardonable sin would
> be no different that stating the use of ceramics for coupling caps in the
> SP-600 to be the same.  The factory did it and it still met performance
> specs.  Could the audio performance of the SP-600 be improved by the use of
> OD in the coupling role....Maybe so...I don't know.
>
> At the end of the day one should ask....did the work I performed replaceing
> the caps, whatever modern parts were used, improve the radio, fix a problem,
> extend the useful life of the radio for years to come....did I gain
> memorable pleasure from the work performed and the resulting use of the
> radio afterwards?
>
> If you can answer yes then you have accomplished all that is necessary of
> you, the temporary owner of this piece of history.  Hopefully from the
> experience you will be driven to rescue more of them and others like them
> such as the SP-600, Racal RA-17's and any number of tube related gear.
>
> I mean heck...if i'm going to be committed to the nut house for the
> possession of way too much of this stuff I want to go with my buddies
> right...so we'll all have something to talk about when we get there....
>
> No Foul detected here....
>
> Cap on....(like Nike says)  Just do it!
>
> :-)
>
> Cecil
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "2002tii"<bmw2002tii at nerdshack.com>
> To:<r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 3:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [R-390] "unwarranted overstatement"
>
>
>> Perry wrote:
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>>> Just what does "unwarranted" mean?
>> In the first dictionary I consulted, definitions 1 and 2 are:  (1)
>> incapable of being justified or explained; (2) without a basis in
>> reason or fact.  Take your pick.
>>
>>> Any member of the list has the perfect right to politely state a
>>> technical opinion on this list, even if it turns out to be
>>> inaccurate without being personally denigrated.
>> Saying that something is an "unwarranted overstatement"  =  personal
>> denigration?  You've GOT to be kidding.  Grow up.
>>
>> And, for the record, you did not simply "politely state" the
>> inaccurate information -- you declaimed it as if it was
>> uncontrovertible knowledge directly from the lips of god (complete
>> with SHOUTING).
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Don
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