[CingKrab]

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Originally Posted by tangent Panasonic is a Japanese company. I've seen nothing that says their caps aren't made in Japan.

But the datasheet for FC and FM caps say:
"Country of Origin

Japan
Malaysia
China"

Not like it really matters where they come from; I'm sure Panasonic has good QA.

 

[greyhorse]

Tangent,

I just checked all 6 values of Panasonic FC and 2 values of NHG, that I had on hand. Turns out the country of origin on all of them was Malaysia. I also had a stack of 18,000uF Panasonic HA, I was planning on making an Aleph 3 out of. The country of origin on those was the USA. I must have been drooling over those big capacitors and looking at those caps a lot, because the country of origin on those was the one to stay in my mind.

All 3 values of Nichicon PW I had on hand were from Japan. Not that the country of origin in and of themselves means that much. It's just that I remember someone on diyAudio.com saying that certain brands of Japanese capacitors had considerably better high-frequency characteristics than our much cherished FCs.

Just to clarify: I'm interested in knowing if there's a difference in performance between Panasonic/Matsu****a vs. other specific brands. Especially Nichicons, because D-K is stocking them.

 

[Earwax]

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Originally Posted by greyhorse Tangent, I just checked all 6 values of Panasonic FC and 2 values of NHG, that I had on hand. Turns out the country of origin on all of them was Malaysia. I also had a stack of 18,000uF Panasonic HA, I was planning on making an Aleph 3 out of. The country of origin on those was the USA. I must have been drooling over those big capacitors and looking at those caps a lot, because the country of origin on those was the one to stay in my mind. All 3 values of Nichicon PW I had on hand were from Japan. Not that the country of origin in and of themselves means that much. It's just that I remember someone on diyAudio.com saying that certain brands of Japanese capacitors had considerably better high-frequency characteristics than our much cherished FCs. Just to clarify: I'm interested in knowing if there's a difference in performance between Panasonic/Matsu****a vs. other specific brands. Especially Nichicons, because D-K is stocking them.

What's "high frequency mean?" Is that relevant to audio applications? Just a question, I'm clueless here. And are they talking about the Nichicon Muse or the UPW & UHE?

BTW, the bag for my FMs is marked: origin Malaysia.

Also, just checked the datasheets, UHE seem to be rated similarly to FC, and the FM has better specs (someone crrect me if I'm reading those datasheets incorrectly)