vigilante398
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Ordering a "case" of something feels good because it looks like this.
What's in the mailbox? 📬 📦
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Harry Klippton
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Cool that it comes with a case now
The case costs extra, but it seemed a no brainer
Harry Klippton
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Been waiting sort of impatiently for this
Harry Klippton
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I need to never look at another effects unit againReady to ship me the rev 5?
although the sub-$100 drv 2000s on eBay are calling to me. I don't even have enough cables to hook up the lexicon today Rack has been full for a while. I need to reevaluate my life
tegendemuur
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The second batch of value packs. Oddly enough, I can't seem find any that contains the film caps (pale yellow) that I see dozens of on every pedal? Only rather expensive WIMA, but those seem overkill? Anyone knows where I can get those without having to deal with buying specific values?
Bonus: two mofeta kits can be seen. And the Low Tide boards, and a few things for noise boxes (contact mics) in the future, for when I get inspired to experiment with amplified metal-on-metal racket gadgets.
giovanni
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Where did you get the value packs? Nothing wrong with wima!
tegendemuur
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Almost all of these come from Conrad. I also got a few from every packs Banzai Music sells (common linear IC, tantalums, piezo thingies, etc). The metallics and ceramics came from a small budget electronics site here in the Netherlands. Just odd things to experiment with on breadboards...
Aren't WIMA, like, "too good" for effect pedals?
52,- for 125 pieces, here https://www.tme.eu/nl/details/mks-kit/tht-foliecondensatoren/wima/ if people think this is reasonable, I'd buy a few boxes of these. Good to have a full range, instead off the odd values that came with the packs.
Nah. Wima are fine. Look cooler on black PCBs too so, style points.Aren't WIMA, like, "too good" for effect pedals?
Though, ordering thembfrombtayda is pretty easy. Search "wima" and then just add qty to cart from the search page. Probably less coin for a couple minutes of work
giovanni
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I’m pretty sure people use WIMA for diy builds. It’s really up to you.Almost all of these come from Conrad. I also got a few from every packs Banzai Music sells (common linear IC, tantalums, piezo thingies, etc). The metallics and ceramics came from a small budget electronics site here in the Netherlands. Just odd things to experiment with on breadboards...
Aren't WIMA, like, "too good" for effect pedals?
52,- for 125 pieces, here https://www.tme.eu/nl/details/mks-kit/tht-foliecondensatoren/wima/ if people think this is reasonable, I'd buy a few boxes of these. Good to have a full range, instead off the odd values that came with the packs.
tegendemuur
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Yeah, lots of voltage ratings that make no sense either. 25V is the only thing ever needed in this hobby, I suppose?
Generally good practice to double rate what the circuit is running at but no harm in rating larger as long as it's not too large a of footprint.
The smaller value caps hit a point where they don't get any lower in voltage because there's no benefit in making extra SKUs. They won't get markably smaller. So, if I can make a 100v rated cap that fits in the smallest footprint spec for that product line, I'm not going to make a 50v and a 25v too(random values chosen in this example).
It's way more important to note footprint size and lead spacing(and occasionally height) than max voltage(as almost all film caps are rated high enough for use).
Often, if there are two different voltage rated caps of the same capacitance from the same OEM, the difference is physical size.
Mentaltossflycoon
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Aren't WIMA, like, "too good" for effect pedals?
This isn't very scientific but I have built and compared a few circuits made with wima films and tantalums vs everyday caps, the rest of the components were from the same batches of resistors, semiconductors, pots, etc. I could hear a slight difference and preferred the "fancier" builds.
DailyDovetails
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Busy week in the mail. HP board and some germanium’s for it and my muffin factory from @PedalBuilder . Thank you to them for all the awesome pedal stuff.
A thermonic, isosoles and stockade from PPCB.
Some unbraided shielded cable I got from EBay.
Mentaltossflycoon
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MP40
jessenator
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mmm, soviet spaghetti 
In Soviet Russia you do not receive transistors. The transistors receive you.mmm, soviet spaghetti
