Making your little class D/T sound better for cheap!

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devinkato

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Re: Making your little class D/T sound better for cheap!
« Reply #20 on: 3 Feb 2014, 08:54 am »
For inexpensive quality capacitors I'd use panasonic FC or FM. However you should use 4 or double the amount used from there each time you decide to use more (this increases noise filtering).

2 questions -
1) http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_1984806_-1  Would these be sufficient for use with a 12v PSU? 
2) Could you elaborate a little on the "4 or double" number?   Is there some electrical benefit to using multiples of 4?

Folsom

Re: Making your little class D/T sound better for cheap!
« Reply #21 on: 3 Feb 2014, 05:57 pm »
Yes those will work.

Everytime you double the amount of capacitors it lowers the ESR/ESL by half.

mwhsmith

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Re: Making your little class D/T sound better for cheap!
« Reply #22 on: 16 Mar 2015, 04:20 am »
What would happen if I were to use a quad of cheap 2200F caps I've been gathering while upgrading amps?

matt_garman

Re: Making your little class D/T sound better for cheap!
« Reply #23 on: 18 Mar 2015, 05:27 pm »
What do you think about these United Chemi-Con KZN series, for example EKZN500ELL222ML40S at DigiKey?  A bit pricier than the Pannasonics, but higher ripple current and lower ESR, which I believe are relevant specs for this application?