Experimenting with damping material (Singular)

by MikeH , Wednesday, July 04, 2007, 03:30 (6134 days ago) @ Bert
edited by unknown, Wednesday, July 04, 2007, 03:35

Using two capacitors in series doesn't improve quality....the type used
does matter too you know. Loosing sparkle means bad sounding capacitors
(you now have twice the sound of that capacitor!

Yes 2 capacitors in series is not good but it's what I had on hand. I bought parts for a 10kHz 12dB/octave crossover, works out nicely with 2uF and 1uF capacitors, I was going to use 2 of these in Parallel (half the capacitor sound?) for the 2uF.
I used axial leaded metallised polypropylene capacitors. 1uF +/- 10% 250VMP, no other markings, yellow. I measured them ant picked matched pairs (within 1%)
Not a famous brand but they would have to be better than an electrolytic.
I should buy some Wika capacitors and see if I can tell the difference.

Perhaps the piano is recorded....did you see where they put the
microphone? :wink:

It's all recorded isn't it?
She was sitting at a Steinway, but it certainly didn't sound like a Steinway. It was rather flat, without that rich resonance, like an electronic piano. I thought it might be the DAC I am using (the one in my AV receiver)
Interesting... I didn't see the microphone for the piano... But you'd expect with the effort of bringing in a small orchestra an extra microphone and recording channel would be nothing. A Pianist/Singer pretending to play a piano would be very strange. I think I'll have to watch it again, with less Whiskey this time. :drinks:

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