On Fri, 8 Sep 2017 09:57:32 -0400, Ralph Mowery
wrote:

In article ,
says...

15 NOS Rubycon 100uf, 160v Electron Transfer Black Gate NH Capacitors,
are up to $2141.00 bid (plus shipping), on ebay, with 3+ days left to
go.

I know these are supposed to be the best caps, but are these caps made
out of gold? Why would anyone pay that much for them? (and the bidding
is not over yet).

http://tinyurl.com/y955cgq6


If thats out of your price range, you can always buy one VINTAGE NOS
(untested) Sprague .022 uf 200v 20% Bumble Bee Capacitor for $39
(shipping included), as a Buy it Now.

http://tinyurl.com/y9pxm6xh

Some of the people into high end audio systems are nuts.

They will pay over $ 100 for the 6 foot or so of wire that goes from the
equipment to the 120 volt wall socket. It is suspose to be some special
type of oxygen free copper. They do not take into account that there is
probably 25 to 100 feet of regular wire going to the breaker box and all
the other junk wire from there to the power company.

If they will pay $100 for 6ft of cord, they can buy a whole mile of it
for a mere $88,000. If the power plant is 25 miles away, for a mere
$2,200,000, they can run a dedicated cord all the way to the generator
at the power plant. This will work as long as no one drives over their
wire, and makes a hole in it, allowing oxygen to enter, which could
cause the cones to blow out of their speakers due to the inrush of
air.... LOL


Even some old stock solder made at a certain place is going for big
bucks.

Geezzzz, I might be rich and not know it. I have 10 or 12 one pound
spools of old solder from the 50's or 60's. It's the old lead/tin
solder. 60/40 or 50/50. I bought them at a flea market. The guy was
selling them for $3 a roll, and I think I offerred him $20 or $25 for
all of it, and bought it all. I just bought it to use.


While I am not a wine drinker, I bet the audio people and the wine
people are about the same. Audio people can not tell the difference in
the equipment. Probably over 90% could not tell one wine from the other
if in a glass and not a bottle. Some goes for a few bucks and others
are auctiioned off for thousnds a bottle.

I'm not a wine drinker either, but I was at an event where they had a
craft beer tasting contest. I do drink a little beer from time to time,
and I usually spend a couple bucks extra to get some beer with flavor,
because the commercial stuff is crap. But these people were getting full
bottles of different expensive beers, pouring one or two ounces into
tiny cups, and tasting it. The rest of the bottles were going to waste,
so a few guys were just handing them out to anyone nearby. I had no
complaints about any of them. To me, they were all good, but most tasted
about the same. (I guess thats why no one has ever asked me to be a
beer, wine, or food taster)

Getting back to electronics,

I dont consider myself an audiophile, but I do prefer the sound from a
tube amplifier over solid state, and I find vinyl records far superior
in sound quality to digitized music. (assuming a good record, stylus and
turntable is used). However, these days I am running a 600 watt stereo
commercial solid state Altec Lansing amp from the 70s. Being a good
brand name and commercial gear, I am pretty pleased with it.

But for superior sound, I still prefer records. Yet, I have a lot of MP3
songs and some CDs too. Some stuff can not be gotten on vinyl, or it
costs way too much, so I make due with digital music when I must. Some
of that can be compensated by using my equalizer as well as some effects
devices and an audio compressor.

But I dont have any $150 capacitors around here, and wont be buying any
either. Especially when they are all made about the same anyhow. Foil,
paper or plastic wound up, two pieces of wire, and a coating to hold it
all together.


I do have a money making idea though. I'll call them Tootsie Roll
capacitors. I plan to take tootsie rolls, shove a wire in each end, and
sell them on ebay for $100 each (plus shipping). There has to be enough
stupid people to buy them, and if they dont work in a circuit, the buyer
can always remove the wires and eat them..... LOL