Thiel Owners

jafant - the pleasure is mine. Good work here, guy.

magnet7 - my latest schematic (22dec'87) shows an 8uF (not 8.2) which had replaced the original 7uF spec.

@tomthiel - Yes, I know that according to the scheme it should be an 8uf.  I ordered the 8.2uf because the Clarity CSA does not exist in 8uf, only in 8.2uf.
The technician who is helping me with this upgrade project says that a difference of 0.2uf is not relevant.  What's your point of view?

magnet7 - He is correct, that's 2.5% over target, which is OK.

@tomthiel 2.5% over target may be so, but I recently sent back five(!) pieces of 6.8 uF caps (CC) because all of them were 7.0 uF.. I would not have minded this very much, were it not that they sell 7.0 uF caps as well.. that for me was reason to send them all back.. and now I'm waiting for Rob to send me five be says he has (and which he says sound excellent..).. 

DIY is different than manufacturing. From 1983 / CS3 onward, all our film caps were custom with a target and a tolerance window, not necessarily symmetrical. Our commitment quantities were in the range of 10,000 pieces spread over the product life. Today we’re doing the best we can. The reason I first steered magnet7 toward 8 is that the original cap was a 7, so I would prefer a 7.8 over an 8.2. But as we say, we play our best with the hand we’re dealt. And the sound will be glorious compared to stock.