I just bought ONE capacitor !

IslandPink · Post by **IslandPink** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 11:21 am

Just made a rather painful transaction -
Bought ONE Black Gate 220uF/160V 'NH' capacitor from Benny Glass at DIY Paradiso in Belgium .

It cost me £75 including postage

It was the last one he had ( it will be a proper one ) and the only 'NH' cap I have been able to find anywhere lately .

Neal · Post by **Neal** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 11:41 am

Bloomin 'eck!

pre65 · Post by **pre65** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 11:44 am

What about these ?

http://www.hificollective.co.uk/compone ... _type.html

IslandPink · Post by **IslandPink** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:03 pm

I don't believe they actually have any -
Go to the 'shop' section -
http://www.hificollective.co.uk/catalog ... 86_93.html
"There are no products to list in this category"
It's the same for all the BG sub-types , in fact they appear to have none of any type now .

izzy wizzy · Post by **izzy wizzy** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 1:09 pm

I use BGs but wonder about paying over the odds for them now. Is there really nothing else that's decent at sensible money?

cheers,

Stephen

IslandPink · Post by **IslandPink** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 1:33 pm

I haven't found anything yet, for some crucial applications.
The really tough one to solve is cathode bypass caps at 100V rating . The NH's are so much better than anything else there, it's depressing to see them disappearing . I haven't tried Silmic II's but they look like the best option otherwise - I don't think they will be quite as transparent .

For main power supplies you can get very close with GE poly/oil caps and film/foil bypass, instead of WKZ's .

The other ones that are almost irreplaceable are the 1000u/25V NX(red) ones which are fabulous for cathodes in phono amps. I just saw one being sold for £80 on EBay

Mike H · Post by **Mike H** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 1:40 pm

Watch out for fake BG's, which is 'big business' now.

In other words don't buy ANY from eBay unless you know the seller very well.

slowmotion · Post by **slowmotion** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 4:56 pm

Mark, in response to your first post:

lol!

I'm going to try the Silmic II's in the next line stage, tho,
have most of the parts but we're probably talking early autumn
before the first breadboard ...

IslandPink · Post by **IslandPink** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 8:23 pm

Please tell us what you find, about Silmic II ; especially if you can compare against a well-know alternative !

For info, this cap is going to end up in the shunt-reg power supply, on the cathode of the KT88 :
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/e ... 5/trex.htm
(see power supply)

Since it's the return path for most of the music, I may as well bite the bullet and use the best I can get .

andrew Ivimey · Post by **andrew Ivimey** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 10:02 pm

I have a stash of BGs and don't use them because they are so expensive. This is a silly attitude but ......hm

IslandPink · Post by **IslandPink** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 6:23 pm

Today I received "the last Black Gate NH in Europe"
( Apart from the ones Andrew is hoarding )

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