WTF is this?

[recstar24]

BASS CAPACITOR

Ok, someone explain what a digital capacitor is? Thanks.

[aerius]

It's a capacitor for a car subwoofer system, no idea what the digital readouts are for. Probably so it can blink and look bling or something.

[justin]

it might just be showing the voltage

[Knuckledragger]

Huhuhuh, it's a "stiffening" capacitor.

[Icarium]

I think it adds more drift with very little feed-yaw when tokyo drifting at speeds of greater than 50 knots.

[Dusty Chalk]

Huhuhuh, it's a "stiffening" capacitor.

If it ain't Stiff, it ain't worth a ...

For those who know.

[spritzer]

it might just be showing the voltage

That's probably it but it also might just be showing some random numbers as this is Monster Cable after all...

[Augsburger]

My guess is that it is either local or Greenwich Mean time.

GMT: Greenwich Mean Time - World Time / Time in every Time Zone

[kevin gilmore]

Someone buy it and send it to mikhail.

He likes big caps...

Perfect for DC fillament supplies.

[philodox]

lol

[Duggeh]

I don't give a wooden nickel for your digital capacitors..

[bhjazz]

"Greatly improved transient power response, bass impact, and definition."

I had a similar one of these in a car audio install years ago (with no digital readout). The idea is this: your car battery is in the front of the car, and your three amps are in the back. When you system is turned up, it can suck power more quickly than the battery can charge up the line. With a large capacitor working as a small fast-acting battery near the amps, you get power more quickly.

Did I notice a difference? Actually, I did. Although I couldn't describe it now...

[n_maher]

Is that thing really 1,000,000 uF? :confused:

[JBLoudG20]

"Greatly improved transient power response, bass impact, and definition."

I had a similar one of these in a car audio install years ago (with no digital readout). The idea is this: your car battery is in the front of the car, and your three amps are in the back. When you system is turned up, it can suck power more quickly than the battery can charge up the line. With a large capacitor working as a small fast-acting battery near the amps, you get power more quickly.

Did I notice a difference? Actually, I did. Although I couldn't describe it now...

Hint: electriciy moves at roughly the speed of light. It has nothign to do with the battery not be able to 'charge the line'. Power lines don't charge.

Typical car batteries cannot supply the fast, on demand current that a high power car system cam provide. However, these large, electrolytic caps can.

My last system pulled 75+ amps at volume. I needed to upgrade the battery, alternator, and still add 4 Farads of stiffening caps to keep my lights from dimming too badly. God what a waste of money.

[JBLoudG20]

Is that thing really 1,000,000 uF? :confused:

1,000,000 uf = 1 farad.

[aardvark baguette]

1 farad is about the entry point for car audio caps. Unless you're a basshead, that should be plenty.

I have a 500 watt sub amp and I dont use a cap at all. I'm just judicious with the bass. Though I do have an aftermarket battery.

edit: and I definitely dont think it was a waste of money. Time? Yes. If I had to do it over again, I would have had an installer install all my dynamat-related things.

Door panels are a bitch to put back on

[n_maher]

So, anyone willing to sponsor me when I use 6 of them as output coupling caps on a Millett Starving Student Hybrid?

[aardvark baguette]

Here is a popular capacitor. Alumapro CAP5 V2

Carbon Alloy Power 5 Farad Capacitor

* 5 farad Minimum Capacitance

* For all 12-volt vehicle electrical systems

* 100 volts (50 mSec) Surge

* 650 Joules nominal stored energy

* .002 ohms/Farad typical ESR

* Connections for up to 4 AWG cable

* Dimensions: 5.1 W x 8.2 L x 1.6 H

* Approx. 4 lbs.

$269.99 at WoofersEtc.com

Just remember that even though they are designed to assist the battery, they still ad they're own power demand.

[recstar24]

So, anyone willing to sponsor me when I use 6 of them as output coupling caps on a Millett Starving Student Hybrid?

I was thinking you could use them to upgrade a hornet

[kevin gilmore]

But then it would take 500 years to charge...

[spritzer]

But then it would take 500 years to charge...

That's just the normal burn-in time for a RSA amp...

[hYdrociTy]

So, anyone willing to sponsor me when I use 6 of them as output coupling caps on a Millett Starving Student Hybrid?

and for low power, a pair of 5.5v 1f supercaps would do... like for the hornet and reference

15,000uf is sooo obsolete.

[bhjazz]

Typical car batteries cannot supply the fast, on demand current that a high power car system cam provide. However, these large, electrolytic caps can.

That's what I meant and you know it!

[JBLoudG20]

That's what I meant and you know it!

Well, you said it can't charge the power cable

[luvdunhill]

That's just the normal burn-in time for a RSA amp...

burn-in? Ray's amps inject a subtle hypnotic track over the output signal that can easily be mistaken for distortion. 500 hours is the amount of time before your totally under the power of the amp and start the fan-boy chanting ritual.