MOJO "Dijon" coupling caps

[KLB]

MOJO is selling the so-called "mustard" coupling caps. They call them "Dijon" caps. These caps are branded TAD in Europe. You can see them here (scroll down page):

http://www.mojomusicalsupply.com/cgi-bin/mojotone/scan/co=yes/fi=products/rf=sku/sf=prod_group/se=Electronics/op=eq/sf=category/se=Capacitors/tf=brand

Germino is now using these.

They are replicas of the caps Marshall used in the 60's. MOJO has the common values. There are a few more values available in the TAD line. The prices are reasonable, even at retail.

Time to heat up that soldering iron?

[hasserl]

How are these replicas of the caps Marshall used in the 60's? Not in appearance anyway. Maybe they've got a special mojo to them that makes them sound like caps Marshall used in the 60's. I wonder why they call them dijon? Isn't dijon usually kind of brownish? I think a better name for these bright yellow caps would be French's. :)

Man, don't get sucked into the cap mojo thing. That should be something we make fun of hifi guys about. :horse

[KLB]

How are these replicas of the caps Marshall used in the 60's? Not in appearance anyway. Maybe they've got a special mojo to them that makes them sound like caps Marshall used in the 60's. I wonder why they call them dijon? Isn't dijon usually kind of brownish? I think a better name for these bright yellow caps would be French's. :)

Man, don't get sucked into the cap mojo thing. That should be something we make fun of hifi guys about. :horse

My post was meant as an "FYI."

I normally poo-poo fancy cables and other audiophile hooey.

I'm not big into cap differences, either. However, for those who enjoy tinkering with amps, it is good to have inexpensive choices (compared with SOZO and the likes) when making changes. If they are good enough for Germino to use, they are plenty good enough for me.

[donnyjaguar]

If you want high-quality cap's at a reasonable price I suggest you hit the electronic surplus stores. There are 7 in Toronto that I'm aware of so I'm guessing there is one near wherever you live. These places aren't experts on everything and usually apply a standard price to component values - or based on the volume of stock they have. Another source is ham radio fleamarkets. That's where I picked up the transformers for my latest amplifier build. I think I paid 5 dollars for the power tranny, choke and output transformer. All of which were on broken old chassis which had other interesting and useful components.

I realize that others like to build boutique-esque amplifiers with the highest quality components, and that's fine. But I assure you there's nothing wrong with the way my designs/builds sound.

DJ