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Old 15-Jun-2020, 12:30 PM   #30
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Originally Posted by OTAFAN View Post
An old tip that was passed on to me decades ago by an electronics audiophile, was to replace all the CAPS in the audio path of an AM/Shortwave (or any other) radio with non-polarized CAPS to enhance the clarity and lower the noise floor of the receiver. I can say it always improved my audio with less aural fatigue. I think some high end receivers in the past have also used non-polarized CAPS in their audio paths.

I haven't tried it in situations like this thread is addressing, but I suspect it might be worth experimenting to lower noise.

One advantage of non-polarized CAPS is that is doesn't matter which way you solder them in.

Also, they're not too expensive as compared to regular CAPS and can still be bought at places like Mouser Electronics:

https://www.mouser.com/Search/Refine...zed+capacitors

You Techs here are above my pay grade, but I hope this might be of some help.
LOL. I dont think I have ever been accused of being a tech.
Interesting idea. Need more data on it to see what the possibility is.

I knew guys years ago that were audiophiles. They were just as bad if not worse than the car guys trying to squeak out every very last bit of HP out of their engines.
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