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jetaman3 
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Posted: August 16, 2005 at 11:29 PM / IP Logged  
What are the best name brand capacitors to buy? Should I go digital too? PHOENIX GOLD,Rockford Fosgate, AUDIOBAHN Lightning Audio whats the best, 2nd best to go with.
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Posted: August 17, 2005 at 12:33 AM / IP Logged  
Don't buy a cap at all. Take that money and buy an alternator with it. If you have already upgraded your alternator to the biggest one you can find for your car, PM me, and I'll give you my address to send it to me. That'll do you JUST as much good as buying a capacitor.
They do little to nothing in a system, unless you have a current source (the alternator) to run everything perfectly capably without one, THEN you could add one, but you will probably see very little improvement.
It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."
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But to answer the question that is here and now (haemphyst just knows what the next issue will be, he's telepathic) they are the same! They are just about all made in the same factory.
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The last time I gave an answer like haemphyst there were a lot of people that said I was wrong. I'll still stick to his answer though. The best place for a cap is on your head!
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Posted: August 17, 2005 at 9:20 PM / IP Logged  
isn't there 2 different overall types of caps? i'm curious to how there can be 5F alumipro's that are smaller than 1F monster or tsunami. anyone want to give an informative post about cap construction?
car 1 = alpine 9807, mtx 404+mtx 311d, polk speakers, kappa 10"
car 2 = pioneer 7700, kicker 400x1, kicker 60x4, 10"compvr x2, kappa speakers
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Posted: August 17, 2005 at 9:23 PM / IP Logged  

You are reffering to a cap that is cylindrical (monster) and one that is more or less a little box(alumapro)? I think the only difference here is shape.

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Posted: August 17, 2005 at 9:24 PM / IP Logged  
Yeah the correct answer is none.
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ummm....no offense to you guys at all....like me you've prolly been around this scene for awhile but i really believe there are 2 different types of general caps.....
tell you what....i'll do some research and get back to ya.
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How do you figure? If they both do the SAME thing, how could there be any difference other than the shape they come in.
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chrisAWD wrote:
ummm....no offense to you guys at all....like me you've prolly been around this scene for awhile but i really believe there are 2 different types of general caps.....
tell you what....i'll do some research and get back to ya.
polar or non polar?
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