[Andrew Haley]

Arny Krueger wrote:
"Audio Empire" wrote in message


Hmmm. I've tried to restore a number of pieces of vintage
gear, including a Citation One preamp. I was told by
everybody that these multi-section caps aren't available
any more. Do you have a source?

As a rule people gut the old capacitor case and conceal a collection
of modern capacitors inside of it. Capacitors have shrunk enough
that this is generally very easy to do, and results in an
equal-or-better end product. For example one of my friends did this
with a pair of MacIntosh 75 watt tubed amps.

I'm finding this quite baffling. What is the point of replacing a
multi-section cap with another one? Can't you just put a single-
section cap in its place, or is the problem that the values/ voltages
aren't available?

Andrew.