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Re: Favorite cathode bypass cap value/mod?

5/12/2004 7:05 PM
Howard	Re: Favorite cathode bypass cap value/mod? OK, I've decided to try some of these mods. However, I kind of like the low end sometimes. Other times it's really too much. So I want to switch back and forth. I don't want to drill any more holes into my DIY 5E3 so I've been looking for a 1meg audio taper with push-pull (on-on) SPDT pot/switch to switch between different caps. These seem to be pretty hard to find. So now I'm thinking of using pot with a SPST instead, using it to shunt the 4.7 uF in series withe 25 uF cap. This will give a Ctotal of about 4uF. Has anyone done something like this? How would/did you do it? Thanks

5/12/2004 7:05 PM

Howard

Re: Favorite cathode bypass cap value/mod?

OK,

I've decided to try some of these mods. However, I kind of like the low end sometimes. Other times it's really too much. So I want to switch back and forth.

I don't want to drill any more holes into my DIY 5E3 so I've been looking for a 1meg audio taper with push-pull (on-on) SPDT pot/switch to switch between different caps. These seem to be pretty hard to find. So now I'm thinking of using pot with a SPST instead, using it to shunt the 4.7 uF in series withe 25 uF cap. This will give a Ctotal of about 4uF.

Has anyone done something like this? How would/did you do it?

Thanks

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