Thread: Tants
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Old 16th Feb 2018, 3:31 am   #30
Maarten
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Default Re: Tants

German manufacturers such as ITT/SEL and Grundig started using those drop tantalums from the mid to late 1970's. I think that actually classifies as vintage already.

Contrary to what I read here, they aren't always reliable in the signal path either. I've had a Grundig preamp cracle and rumble similarly to what a faulty transistor would cause, which turned out to be caused by a tantalum cap.

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