On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 03:23:00 -0600, "Dr. Death"
wrote:

I noticed that a lot of high end auto audio systems use a capacitor in
series with the main power lead to the amplifies so the amp hits harder.
Could this same principle be applied to ssb, I think it can.
place a 1 farad audio cap inline with the power lead to say a Texas star
dx1600 and you run the rig on ssb the cap will discharge under peak load
giving you a higher average output.

Any comments? (and I mean REAL comments)

There's not even close to enough stored energy in large capacitor
to make and peak voltage difference that would translate into any
perceivable gain.

P.S. the cap is in parallel

On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 05:02:34 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 03:23:00 -0600, "Dr. Death"
wrote:

I noticed that a lot of high end auto audio systems use a capacitor in
series with the main power lead to the amplifies so the amp hits harder.
Could this same principle be applied to ssb, I think it can.
place a 1 farad audio cap inline with the power lead to say a Texas star
dx1600 and you run the rig on ssb the cap will discharge under peak load
giving you a higher average output.

Any comments? (and I mean REAL comments)

There's not even close to enough stored energy in a large capacitor
to make any peak voltage difference that would translate into any
perceivable gain.

P.S. the cap is in parallel

^corrected grammar ^

no...on car audio its in series with the positive feed

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On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 03:23:00 -0600, "Dr. Death"
wrote:

I noticed that a lot of high end auto audio systems use a capacitor in
series with the main power lead to the amplifies so the amp hits harder.
Could this same principle be applied to ssb, I think it can.
place a 1 farad audio cap inline with the power lead to say a Texas star
dx1600 and you run the rig on ssb the cap will discharge under peak load
giving you a higher average output.

Any comments? (and I mean REAL comments)

There's not even close to enough stored energy in large capacitor
to make and peak voltage difference that would translate into any
perceivable gain.

P.S. the cap is in parallel

Dr. Death wrote:
no...on car audio its in series with the positive feed

I don't think a capacitor in series with the DC power lead of a car
audio system is going to work very well.

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On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 03:23:00 -0600, "Dr. Death"
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I noticed that a lot of high end auto audio systems use a capacitor in
series with the main power lead to the amplifies so the amp hits harder.

This is more audiophool nonsense than anything else.

JJ wrote:
Dr. Death wrote:

no...on car audio its in series with the positive feed

I don't think a capacitor in series with the DC power lead of a car
audio system is going to work very well.

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On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 03:23:00 -0600, "Dr. Death"
wrote:


I noticed that a lot of high end auto audio systems use a capacitor in
series with the main power lead to the amplifies so the amp hits
harder.


This is more audiophool nonsense than anything else.


This does indeed help with audio amplifiers (especialy subwoofer amps) a
large capacitor (ie. 1 Farad) is placed in *paralel* (as in across) the
+ and - power leads,just like the battery would be.The cap acts much
like a filter cap in a power supply.
I put a little over 0.1F (100,000uf) on my 400W sub amp,and it made a
big difference.I suspect it might be useful for mobile RF amps aswell.