WIMA capacitors are they worth the extra cost ?

[falzhobel]

I've got my first Tayda leaking cap this week. I'm at about 400 built and it was a grey one... I like the short legs of the Red one, when you're building a lot, it saves time to have clear space to solder. But I doubt it worth 3x$.

 

[Nostradoomus]

1 out of the thousand you’ve probably used is very acceptable haha

 

[Moltenmetalburn]

I like them because they're red.
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I also like red.

 

[falzhobel]

1 out of the thousand you’ve probably used is very acceptable haha

Exactly, I doubt I'd find less defective in any other lot.

 

[Ratimus]

It's odd because in an amplifier I definitely can hear a difference between caps - or at least I'm sure I can! But in a pedal I don't know.

That makes sense because both the temperature and the voltage are much higher in an amp, and one of the biggest differences between capacitor types is how they change value under those conditions.

 

[HamishR]

I always worry about myself becoming a cork-sniffer when I can hear a difference in these things! But I swear the Sozos I use in my amps sound better than orange drops or even Mallory 150s. The Sozos sound full and less brittle than ODs and brighter than Mallorys. Extremely subtle differences, and I couldn't tell you what the caps in an amp were just by listening, but I'm certain I can hear an improvement when I switch to Sozos. But then we are talking about hundreds of volts in these things, not 9V or less.