Amazon has a good deal on Nichicon MUSE NP Capacitors

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I do a lot of recaps and buying them onesie-twosie can add up. I just found these on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08GL4G9SM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

That's a lot of caps for $25.

The listing doesn't say they are Nichicon MUSE Capacitors, but sure enough, that's what they are (or it's what they say they are). These are the good ones for audio.

Anyway, I'm stoked, so I thought I'd share. FWIW, Bipolar (aka Non-Polarized) caps can replace polarized caps, but not the other way around
 
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I wondered if it was a regional availability thing... it seems Amazon has ways of preventing people in 'regions' from seeing 'out of region' offerings even when I am looking at the link you provided to the '.com' website. (normally I would be looking at the '.co.uk' website).

Thanks for posting. ;)
 
The seller has a Chinese business address. I wonder if that has something to do with the availability in the UK. Maybe it is stocked only in the US.
 
I see a package of 50 NPE's for $24.90 and no mention of Nichicon. Bright green in color.
For Brand it says 3pdt. Unless that is some code name for Nichicon?

Product details
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 4 x 1 inches; 4.59 Ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ Non Polar Capacitor Kit
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ August 24, 2020
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ 3pdt
 
goodolpg said:
I see a package of 50 NPE's for $24.90 and no mention of Nichicon. Bright green in color.
For Brand it says 3pdt. Unless that is some code name for Nichicon?

Product details
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 4 x 1 inches; 4.59 Ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ Non Polar Capacitor Kit
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ August 24, 2020
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ 3pdt
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3pdt is the distributor. Pix of caps have Nichicon Muse on them. But not mentioned by name in the descriptions...
 
I would assume they are fake, like lots of things on Amazon. As far as I know, Nichicon doesn't sell these packaged like this. A Chinese company sorting and packing the real thing seems unlikely when there is lots of profit to be made selling fakes.
 
With reviews like this
This was great quality. Worked great to repair my speedometer control board on my f150. Saved 349.00 by using this to repair it.
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How can you go wrong?
One does say they got Nichicon Muse.
 
Eh, I wouldn’t put ‘em in my gear. When logical business case can’t be made, it’s either charity or fraud. Ymmv. Again, ask yourself why a company would go through the trouble of sorting and repacking OEM caps, only to sell them for no profit? Putting muse wrappers on a few runs of generic caps would be very easy in China. Without sensitive equipment, you’d never know the difference, but your gear will.
 
I’m using them.

I’ve travelled to Asia several times. I can tell you, the prices we pay in the US are highly inflated for a lot of things. Not everything they have there is fake.
 
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Look at the very high volume price at D or M and you could buy this set for that I expect. What we pay for the one, two, ten, 100 is a jacked up price compared to the pennies these sell for in bulk.

Curious if those that have em as well as known real UES caps see any difference at all in the markings. Font, spacing, information, anything?
 
kyledp said:
I’m using them.

I’ve travelled to Asia several times. I can tell you, the prices we pay in the US are highly inflated for a lot of things. Not everything they have there is fake.
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That's a risk I'd never take having lived in China for a good bit. The fakes are very good recently. You can't tell the difference most of the time. If these were just packs of caps, I'd maybe say there is a tiny chance they were real and the seller was just buying in bulk and reselling (unauthorized by OEM by the way). But the effort to sort and pack a vari of sizes just doesn't make sense unless the contents are fake cheap Chinese caps. I hope I am wrong, but its not likely. To save a buck or two on the restoration of an a unit and risk using garbage components in a location where it makes a huge impact to sound quality is kind of silly.
 
I have a pack coming tomorrow as I have a Yamaha receiver I am working on and they liked to use a lot of bipolars in their amp boards. I have a few UES in the stash that I will compare as, like ebay sometimes, what is pictured is not always what is actually sent.

I would say the corollary argument could also be valid - it wouldn't make much sense to re-wrap just a set of 50 caps, sell them on amazon (with amazon as the shipper), just to make a few dollars. Not saying you can't get bad stuff on amazon, but returns are easy if there is any doubt.

The price difference is only about $8-10 if ordering them on mouser (excluding shipping).
 
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t4t3r said:
The price difference is only about $8-10 if ordering them on mouser (excluding shipping).
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That is significant money here on ak where vintage and cheap rules the day.

Over on Mouser, one example shows a 66¢ price for one, 30.8¢ at 100 and it drops even further to 20, 18 and 17¢ at 500, 1500 and 4000.

If one needed 100 caps of each buying the from Mouser would be cheaper.
 
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Blue Shadow said:
That is significant money here on ak where vintage and cheap rules the day.

Over on Mouser, one example shows a 66¢ price for one, 30.8¢ at 100 and it drops even further to 20, 18 and 17¢ at 500, 1500 and 4000.

If one needed 100 caps of each buying the from Mouser would be cheaper.
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Yes, that was just for matching the quantities of the kit to get a relative cost/value. That is why, to me, it seems more likely they are good as there is a bit of room there for profit when bought in bulk. I have purchased several nichicon series from Allied for as low as $0.04-0.07 per cap for what they called “excess inventory,” which would be cheap even for ‘fake goods’ pricing. Doesn’t seem crazy that a Chinese seller would have access to excess or just bulk inventory.
 
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