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This site started out as a simple exercise in web page making that sort of got out of control. Once I started writing, I found it hard to stop.
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What a great link, Wayne! For me, it's a refresher course as well as a lot of "....hmmm learned something new today"

Interesting coincidence, but in the past week or so I discovered a new line of TDK branded MLCC C0G/NPO caps in axial/thru-hole packages at Mouser. I just messed with the Mouser filters, and they stock up to 0.22 uF ($1.32 in singles, 5 mm lead spacing, which is kinda small for that amount of uF).

Reading about C0G caps in audio applications ( see John Hardy's website and elsewhere) I tend to no longer hate ceramics...LOL.

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I’m closing in on finishing building my T-filter EQ’s. I’m using polystyrene caps for the lower value in the tuning sections.

I want to try using C0G ceramics in those positions in the Barry Porter SVF EQ instead of Polypropylene or polystyrene.
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I love polystyrene and used piles of them in my kit company back in the 70's -80's, but they were not robust enough for large scale manufacturing processes.

NPO/COG ceramic will be suitably neutral (linear) and more robust.

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The polystyrene sound good. The low band needs a 4.7uf and a 3.3 nf All Electronics has some large values for cheap. I got 100pcs of 5000pf for $7.50. Two in parallel and one in series gets me to 3.333nf. I actually got 200 pcs and hand selected to nail the absolute value. I never would have figured that out without the handy Electronic Toolbox Pro.
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