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Old 14th Apr 2018, 8:18 pm   #24
Maarten
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Default Re: What to replace a RIFA X2 with?

@Al: I think your point is valid as well. For example I still buy Wima, the treshold for my above rationalisation is somewhere in between Wima and Rifa and I can fully see why it lies elsewhere for other people.

In general about Suntan: That brand has been around for some time, lots of Hong Kong transistor radios used them.

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Originally Posted by Diabolical Artificer View Post
https://www.hificollective.co.uk/components/evox-rifa-capacitors.html[/url] , maybe they were included for their tonal qualities? Might be an idea to hold on to your old RIFA's, might be worth a bob or two in a few years.

Lastly on the main product page - https://www.hificollective.co.uk/com...a-pme271m.html it says this - " Evox Rifa are the last remaining manufacture of metallized paper capacitors." This may be indicative.
I've always thought they looked pretty on a circuit board, for example in Swedish Philips TV sets. I'm a visual kind of guy, maybe they sound good for the more auditive minded I've got a bag of cracked new old stock ones, I'll hang onto them.

I'm not sure where the claim about being the last manufacturer comes from. Wima still makes them, I verified on their website. Maybe I'll shoot them a mail asking why I would choose one of those in stead of the MKP type they market alongside. I expect a more honest answer from them than from "Rifa".

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