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I've mentioned tolerances just as example, there are even other factors, and besides, capacitors are just a part of a circuits. Anything else in a circuit can affect a sound. What you said about eq circuit is good to know, thanx. Which means that power supply is not so sensitive to those "plate...

... and then we see an amplifier that costs 10.000$+ and wondering what did they put in it :) Why not, if the one have some of the finest turntables and some fancy speakers, otherwise a whole setup would not have any sense. I mean, I have normal preamp/amp + normal speakers and no matter what...

I believe that caps are affecting a sound, but... Take for example some TOTL amp that is built only by the highest quality components. In a such a situations its clear that only the best can be involved. At the same time, when talking about standard music equipment where a manufacturers have...

I agree regarding contamination. When using a grease (no matter which kind), the best way is to put a little of it in to the hole and then push a shaft thru it. That way all excess will come out of, not inside a potentiometer. Putting a grease on a shaft itself will do opposite. And yes...

That's it, dielectric it is :)

...and I'm really thankful for all advices.

Mine is not double sided, but a component can be soldered on the side where it is placed, on the soldering side :) Thanx guys, you're just great.

And why I didn't came to that Idea? :( That will look a way better than placing a components over each other :cool: Thanx guys

Is it some kind of oil or grease?

Now that Deoxit Fader grease looks very interesting. I use to use contact spray on a graphite tracks, some PRF 7-78 which is of course unknown for you guys in the US, but that Deoxit grease looks nice. Price in Sweden for that little plastic can is about 30$ and for Deoxit D5 142gr (5 OZ) about...

To make a long story short, you decide to replace a polarized cap with a bipolar one, which normally takes more space and if there is no enough space, would you consider use this: ... to make something like this: or something like this: or just put a good quality polarized capacitor and move...

Have two potentiometers from some Technics donor deck. Very, very little used, as new but still 30+ years old. They are kind a hard. Anyway, I couldn't resist and opened one to see what can and need to be done with it. Electric side was as new. The part that need a little love is a shaft...

Never take a comments on Phoenix a wrong way. People here are most friendly and cool that you can find on the whole web. Guaranteed. And dont bother to check spelling, trust me, my English is far away from good. Main point is people understand you, whatever and however you ask, and will always...

No, I didn't. Haven't checked yet. Actually I didn't touched a deck after posting here. Last thing I did was replacing a left pinch roller (right one have no more than 30 working hours). There are a couple things I have to do with that deck and I feel so tired these days that I just don't...

I'm actually not so sure that software can be as good as a real stuff unless the one really know how to adjust/calibrate everything and then use devices compatible with software. My ex sound card was some external Creative card. Working pretty nice, but I had some problems with AudioTester (roll...

First of all, i have to say that IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE YOU here Alex. It was a long time ago, hope everything is fine with you. Are you working on something new? You know that people like to read about your new projects and discoveries. About "the problem", I didn't knew about that green...

Have replaced a roller and re-adjusted azimuth a little and now its maybe a little more steady but those jump from time to time are still present (cant tell if more, less or the same). Or that have something to do with measuring itself, not with a deck?! At least a channels are almost equal and...

Can anyone tell me what can be a reason that makes a signal jumping as it does every couple seconds. I know that left and right channels are not steady because of a pinch roller (the left smaller one) and I'll replace it, got new and fresh from Marian a couple days ago, but jumping??? o_O...

Thank you very much for informing. It's always good when someone with personal experience gives opinions. I agree that resistors are OK priced unless the one need couple hundreds of them :) I've bought Vishat 1% couple of times, and I was never thinking about the price since that it was always...

Haven't seen such a heads never before.