First post, by hwh
I am thinking of replacing capacitors in my microphone. I wrote them all down. There is an electronics shop, but I'm not sure if I should buy there because I assume they would be "random cheap capacitors" and I figure it is best to get good ones because it's a project to put them in.
But the problem is I need 5 different kinds, 11 in total. It's stupid to pay $6 shipping from 5 different sellers (Amazon/eBay), at that point I would be better off buying a new microphone. So I thought it would be best to buy from one seller with a good inventory, and pay shipping once.
Well, first off, people don't really like selling one or two capacitors at a time. Some places just say "minimum order 2000" and so on. Yeah great.
Secondly, selection is an issue. A place recommended here for something else doesn't carry 4.7uf 50V AECs. Which seems to me like a basic type, but I get that there's an infinite number of kinds and that's the next issue.
Everyone has some weird philosophy about which to get. These ones are "gold" and cost too much, get them! These ones are Taiwanese and the best. These ones are standard, get them!! These ones are ONLY for audio equipment, you need them! Like I have no idea, I'm sure Logitech used the cheapest ones that worked back in the day (no idea which brand, don't really care). I don't want to change the tone of the microphone, just wanted to prevent high pitched clicking noises in recordings.
Open question if I even have the skill to replace them, but I'm now looking into the matter. It's a cheap USB microphone, but now more or less a "vintage" item and I like it and its sound quality. I know there's better out there but as an impoverished loser I can't spend much on audio equipment. So my preference would be to refurbish a vintage item rather than rolling dice on fresh Chinese crap and hoping it doesn't have more problems than the device it replaced.