AtomBoy
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What parts can stand to get a little old and dusty? Is it nuts to try to use a capacitor that might be 20 years old?
I'm lucky enough to have some great surplus stores nearby. Lots of their stock is stuff that Uncle Sam probably paid a fortune for and then forgot to put in a rocket or fighter jet and might sound really good in a headphone amp. We're using tubes that have sat on the shelf for a while. What else doesn't get all limp and smelly when left in the crisper too long?
Are there any rules of thumb for finding rocket-grade bits that they just don't make that way anymore?
I'm lucky enough to have some great surplus stores nearby. Lots of their stock is stuff that Uncle Sam probably paid a fortune for and then forgot to put in a rocket or fighter jet and might sound really good in a headphone amp. We're using tubes that have sat on the shelf for a while. What else doesn't get all limp and smelly when left in the crisper too long?
Are there any rules of thumb for finding rocket-grade bits that they just don't make that way anymore?