Ceramic Vs Paper In Oil Caps
I m not saying i like the orange drop better than the pio.
Ceramic vs paper in oil caps. Truth be told i don t like one more than the other because i can t tell a difference. Did i just buy some magic beans or the brooklyn bridge. Pio caps were used in the les pauls of the 50 s and many appreciate their tonal qualities over more modern capacitors. But for that moron to steal my cap and replace it and for me to never notice must mean that the difference is negligible at best.
The bumble bee caps were later replaced by the black beauties which contained a winding of aluminum foil and paper film along with oil and were printed with the specs. Others are made out of mylar ceramic etc. I bought a bunch of vintage paper in oil caps. They still have the kraft paper in oil construction like the vintage russians but these are hermetically sealed metal tubes with glass ends so the value will not drift over time.
Paper in oil or pio caps are just one variety of capacitor. These caps were filled with paper in a special oil inside of bakelite bodies with the original nema color codes printed on them this is how many resistors are still printed. Capacitors are energy storage devices that filter the high frequencies.