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tantalum

  1. Johnny_Law

    Help ID'ing Capacitors in Beomaster 3000-2 (2402)?

    I am pretty sure these are tantalum capacitors ... but this is my first rodeo with caps in this packaging with this coloring so I wanted to make sure. They are not marked with either values or polarity. (I can find both via the schematic, but that's not my question here.) (I replaced little...
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    • beomaster capacitor identification tantalum
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Solid State
  2. goldswimmerb

    SX-1250 back to back tantalum capacitors

    Hey guys, was looking at the SX-1250 and noticed it used 2x 22uf Tantalums in a few locations, they're back to back to make a (roughly) 11uf bipolar cap. Is there any reason they can't just be replaced with a single high quality bipolar cap like a Nichicon UES?
  3. Sergimm

    Tantalums in the signal path?

    I have a new-to-me Luxman 1030 with all original components that works well and sounds good so far. While looking at the circuitry to evaluate if there were any clear components that had to be changed (leaky capacitors, darkened resistors, blackened transistors, etc.), I found the two only...
    • Sergimm
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    • capacitor luxman luxman 1030 tantalum
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Solid State
  4. Tuinstra

    AKAI GX-215D - tantalum

    Hi Y'all, I have a questions about two tantalum caps that sit on the (presumably) audio part of the PCB (C44a & C44b), see attachment. I've read up on the tantalum caps and they seem rather unreliable and prune to distortion. Since my right channel goes bunkers after a while, I want to replace...
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    • akai gx-215d replacement capacitor tantalum
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Tape
  5. JCHaywire

    Sherwood SEL-200 w/ withering Channel and Questions

    This SEL-200 is in fairly good cosmetic condition, but comes to me with a channel that comes on equal in volume to the other, but after about 5 seconds emits a small fizzing sputter and the most frequencies below about 500hz drop out. This happens every time I cycle power and always in the same...
    • JCHaywire
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    • rca sel 200 sel-200 sel200 sherwood sel-200 tantalum
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Solid State
  6. c.coyle

    Tantalums in SX-636

    I'm working on an all original (as far as I can see) Pioneer SX-636 made in November, 1975. There are 4 tantalum caps on the AWF-014 Equalizer Amp board, and they are in the signal path: C1, C3 are 3.3uf/10v. C13, C14 are 0.47uf/35v. The service manual parts list shows them as electrolytics...
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