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<blockquote data-quote="lilmaniac2" data-source="post: 3479340" data-attributes="member: 565395">Ok alot of misinformation in this thread, and that link to that &quot;test&quot; alwasy gives me a good laugh.&nbsp; I have a 2 year degree in Digital Electronics and wrote my research paper of capacitors.&nbsp; Here is what I came up with.1) the usage of a capacitor on the PCB of an amp is completely different than what this kid is wanting to do.2) The way a capacitor works is it leads in voltage but lags in current ( I think thats right, its been 3 years since I&#039;ve taken a digi class )&nbsp; What it does is similar to a water hose.&nbsp; If you have 1 gallon of water and you put it through a large hose its going to empty faster.&nbsp; However if you run it through a reducer it will last longer.&nbsp; the reducer is the capacitor.&nbsp; It starves your amp of the &quot; blood &quot; it needs ie current.I personally witnessed a SPL test of a small batcap ( 400 I think ) and when we unhooked it the amp did a bit more power and the score went up .3db thats because it didnt have to run through the &quot;reducer&quot;3)&nbsp; Capacitors do have there place, Voltage conditioners and filters are 2.&nbsp; however they dont work like they are marketed.The reason why there are so many manufactures of capacitors is b/c they are cheap to make, good mark up, and dont fall under the restrictions that batteries do</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lilmaniac2, post: 3479340, member: 565395"] Ok alot of misinformation in this thread, and that link to that "test" alwasy gives me a good laugh. I have a 2 year degree in Digital Electronics and wrote my research paper of capacitors. Here is what I came up with. 1) the usage of a capacitor on the PCB of an amp is completely different than what this kid is wanting to do. 2) The way a capacitor works is it leads in voltage but lags in current ( I think thats right, its been 3 years since I've taken a digi class ) What it does is similar to a water hose. If you have 1 gallon of water and you put it through a large hose its going to empty faster. However if you run it through a reducer it will last longer. the reducer is the capacitor. It starves your amp of the " blood " it needs ie current. I personally witnessed a SPL test of a small batcap ( 400 I think ) and when we unhooked it the amp did a bit more power and the score went up .3db thats because it didnt have to run through the "reducer" 3) Capacitors do have there place, Voltage conditioners and filters are 2. however they dont work like they are marketed. The reason why there are so many manufactures of capacitors is b/c they are cheap to make, good mark up, and dont fall under the restrictions that batteries do [/QUOTE]

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