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Hello all, I just notice that mica capacitors tend to be available with far tighter tolerances than their ceramic disc counterparts before I read it from here (source: https://www.kynix.com/Blog/Types-of-Capacitors-in-Use-Explained-in-2022.html#1-6-mica-capacitors). Never used em in a build before, so I didn’t know if there was anything about their function or how they affect signal/tone that makes them verboten for pedal building? They are pricey AF but that doesn’t bother me so much.. Anyone has ideas of it? Many thanks. |
March 10, 2022 |
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The standard ceramic capacitor can perform nicely unless their support can be subjected to vibration or other mechanical influence. Some (not each of them though) are of a remarkable stability versus temperature (NP0 or, with EIA-RS-198 coding, with their first letter starting with the letter C; ref.: "ABC of Capacitors" by WE, pp 82-next). Not heard much about mica cap, except to repair vintage old radio. |
March 10, 2022 |
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Mica capacitors were common enough in the distant past (very distant) but there is really not much reason to use them now as they are just an expensive alternative to a ceramic |
March 12, 2022 |
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