Illinois cap bought by Cornell Dubilier

John_P_WI · Post by **John_P_WI** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 5:22 pm

I just received an email in Caps "ILLINOIS CAPACITOR INC. ACQUIRED BY CORNELL DUBILIER MARKETING, INC."

Hmmm, in other words and my guess is, Illinois caps will now be priced 3 to 4 times higher....

randalp3000 · Post by **randalp3000** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 5:39 pm

Interesting,

I just got 10 47uF caps and found them to now be smaller than the F&T's. Wonder if this has something to do with it.

Structo · Post by **Structo** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 10:58 pm

Welp, that's progress!

C Moore · Post by **C Moore** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 6:17 pm

How will guys defend themselves now.....when a poster on TGP ask what caps are "best".....and a dozen people tell him how crappy IC are..."Stay away from IC".......what will they think when they hear CD owns the brand.?
I guess something like....."I don't give a rats ass WHO owns them.! They make lousy caps and you will never see one in any of MY amps".!

randalp3000 · Post by **randalp3000** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 6:23 pm

Finally remembered to take a picture

drew · Post by **drew** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 7:17 pm

^ what is the body diameter and length on those?

stretch2011 · Post by **stretch2011** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 12:55 am

My 5e3 and 5f2a have ic' s and it sounds great.

Leo_Gnardo · Post by **Leo_Gnardo** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 12:11 pm

randalp3000 wrote:Finally remembered to take a picture

So now they're smaller, no problem! Note TAG has a gallery of filter cap follies & oddments. Perhaps the "extra space" was taken up by stuffing, like modern Atoms, to look "big and authorotative."

https://tubeamparchive.com/viewtopic.ph ... c&start=15

Cant' say I've any complaint about Illinois Cap quality. Not my first choice OTOH I rarely see failures. Mostly old ones that are at the age one should consider replacing them, 20-30 years.

David Root · Post by **David Root** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 6:02 pm

There was a time, I believe it was in the '90s, that there were real issues with IC caps, but I have used them occasionally as I bought quite a few around '02.

In fact one of my best sounding amps, a 2nd gen ODS head, used all IC PS caps. But it also has Amperex 12AX7s and RCA black plate 6L6GC, which might have more to do with it!

I don't buy them now, have been using MIEC quite a lot lately, good 105 deg C caps at good prices.

Bob Simpson · Post by **Bob Simpson** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 6:08 pm

I used Tech Caps a lot.
USA made and fairly priced.

Hard to find these days non-ebay...

Bob

David Root · Post by **David Root** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 6:32 am

RJ has Tech Caps I think.

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