"The days of low-end motherboards' on-board audio making, like, screeching noises when you move your mouse around are, thankfully, long gone." Seems like Acer didn't get that message, probably because it was drowned out by the screeching their laptop motherboards make when you move the mouse around.
@Choosiik4 жыл бұрын
i still have that on my assrock motherboard *sad screetch noise*
@okdoomer6204 жыл бұрын
My gigabyte mainboard from 2017 also makes screeching noises coupled to graphics
@altairfoo19204 жыл бұрын
Well... my XPS 15 9570 power supply can make the whole circuit go crazy while I move my mouse or doing other tasks. "go crazy" means my desktop power supply on the same circuit makes the screeching sound.
@maxfuchs79954 жыл бұрын
lower end gigabyte boards make these noises too, thats why i switched mine against an aorus pro ^^
@burgersnchips4 жыл бұрын
Is this with headphones or speakers?
@Shadow-ig3hf4 жыл бұрын
So when Linus builds up too much capacitance he discharges it by dropping things?
@hieuniverse4 жыл бұрын
You deserve spicy chili pepper 🌶
@secretwebsite4 жыл бұрын
Nice! Finally revealed the cause of Linus dropping things.
@naqiongtradingllpnaqiongtr80353 жыл бұрын
Can you Cut open the Mundorf Silver Gold Cap to view the inside can ? Is it real Pure Silver Foil or basically just a Fake Foil ? Video have ! ( Surely u will have Billion of Billion of Viewer in your KZbin).................Cut it now Mundorf Silver Gold Cap..................!!!!
@christianhattge4 жыл бұрын
Therapist: Emo cat Linus isn't real, it can't hurt you Emo cat Linus: 3:22
@1emerican4 жыл бұрын
I want more Emo Rave Cat Linus.
@pp3v42_g3h4 жыл бұрын
Emerica Here you go, watch?v=JI2vcvhhVb4
@ichiyamamoto7854 жыл бұрын
Best emo cat Linus is the one with the Pillow Yoko Cameo.
@PassiveDissimulation4 жыл бұрын
Emo cat Linus is great, he has all the best rawr stickers.
@naqiongtradingllpnaqiongtr80353 жыл бұрын
Can you Cut open the Mundorf Silver Gold Cap to view the inside can ? Is it real Pure Silver Foil or basically just a Fake Foil ? Video have ! ( Surely u will have Billion of Billion of Viewer in your KZbin).................Cut it now Mundorf Silver Gold Cap................,,
@PHamster4 жыл бұрын
I can hear ElectroBoom or EEVBlog claiming BS for "Audio Grade" capacitors
@Porama64004 жыл бұрын
Well, it IS actually a BS. There's no difference between "Audio Grade" and the normal one It's just simply normal low-ESR cap
@TheFrenchMansControl4 жыл бұрын
Exactly. This is complete and utter bullshit. Old computers used to leak noise because their power supplies weren't properly isolated from the audio amplifiers, something a suitably large cap can mostly avoid to smooth the rails.
@PHamster4 жыл бұрын
Porama6400 I’m going to make a new electrolytic cap and put RGB lights around it and call it the Gamer Cap! It’ll smooth out the FPS!
@janis.berzins4 жыл бұрын
EEVBlog has been saying that for last 10 years, it's insane that people trust all that marketing crap that companies push down their throats. EEVblog #29 - Audiophile Audiophoolery
@wsippel4 жыл бұрын
Dave very much believes in quality caps (Nichicon, Nippon Chemicon, Rubycon, Panasonic, ELNA, WIMA), but it's probably easy to argue that basically their entire lineups are "audio grade".
@ao_qd4 жыл бұрын
OMG, that mouse buzz used to drive me nuts. I thought I was going crazy!
@luis27mss4 жыл бұрын
Hey how's it going Quan its Luis from 15 years ago.
@fghsgh4 жыл бұрын
I use GTX graphics but motherboard sound and strangely, I can hear the frame rate. For example, if it's running at 200 fps, I can hear a 200 Hz hum.
@ao_qd4 жыл бұрын
@@luis27mss OMG!!! HAHAHAHA. LUIS! Hello!
@ao_qd4 жыл бұрын
@@fghsgh LMAO, I think that's a feature!
@fghsgh4 жыл бұрын
@@ao_qd It eventually drives you insane though. You can't turn it off.
@alexhaywood31394 жыл бұрын
You guys really need to get an electronic engineer to proof read your scripts, this is not very accurate
@pierreuntel19704 жыл бұрын
this vid is so cringy, especially the part of caps leads made of steel
@MsAsssde4 жыл бұрын
@@pierreuntel1970 The man of copper...... becasue it's better...
@pierreuntel19704 жыл бұрын
@Chris Russell really? I mean... yeah, it's kinda right when I think about it because some leads do tends to rust... but I don't think its steel at first because it's very hard to wet steel with solder
@MrDannydjmix24 жыл бұрын
its all accurate tho, its magnetic iron tinned not steel on some low grade components since iron is so cheap compared to copper, and yes it matters in some cases where lowest resistance as possible is required like audio applications for example! its easy to google ``material's conductivity`` and see copper is more then twice more conductive then iron(magnetic) contracts, also ask an electrical engineer and see what they say about ``contact resistance``
@divcurl60444 жыл бұрын
@@reeeeeeee2143 Most 'audio grade' capacitors you will find on a motherboard or sound card will be electrolytic.
@guessit50364 жыл бұрын
"The days of low-end motherboards' on-board audio making, like, screeching noises, as you move your mouse around are, thankfully, long gone." Front panel audio ports: Allow us to introduce ourselves!
@danielrouw25934 жыл бұрын
I imagine wrapping some shielding on the cable should fix that. Still won't fix the dirty power ripples caused by usb and pcie devices.
@guessit50364 жыл бұрын
@@danielrouw2593 I tried it, but the problem not in cable, but the connection between device and port. The only cure to this is either soldering capacitors or connecting an audio device straight to the motherboard.
@CIubDuck4 жыл бұрын
Front panel audio ports in 2019
@MrFahrenheit2k4 жыл бұрын
That's not a motherboard issue, tho. It's the case and its wires.
@guessit50364 жыл бұрын
@@MrFahrenheit2k You clearly missed the joke.
@CatFishKick4 жыл бұрын
Usually find these videos easy to comprehend as they’re broken down really well but I feel you glossed over the technical operation
@CatFishKick4 жыл бұрын
Snwoabla lol
@PixelSchnitzel4 жыл бұрын
That's because he doesn't have a clue himself. He's just re-spewing a sponsor's marketing slobber.
@burgersnchips4 жыл бұрын
As an electronics graduate, I can tell you I've never heard so much bullshit in an LTT video. The quality of the capacitors only needs to above the absolute minimum to avoid excessive leakage and excessive internal resistance, but ultimately this is why the large electrolytic capacitors are often paired with smaller non-polarised capacitors capable of smoothing higher frequency noise due to their lower impedence at high frequency. The quality of the product has a LOT more to do with the design of the circuitry than the exact properties of the capacitors. It's "gold connectors on jack leads" again. Unfortunately, Linus (and team) has taken advice from a company who stands to benefit from this kind of nonsense being common knowledge.
@rolerroleris5334 жыл бұрын
Well the quality of the product depends on how good it's components are, so...
@DJJeroen10004 жыл бұрын
Indeed. A good electrical engineer can make far better things with 'normal' components than a beginner with 'special' capacitors. Tip: don't use bulk capacitors to smoothen out your supply for an audio circuit. Design the supply differently so it doesn't produce so much shit.. you can throw as many capacitors at it as you want but eventually a better circuit design always wins
@grahamlord864 жыл бұрын
Agreeeed... Lot of talk about construction, absolutely no mention of ESR, which is what you really want to look for with audio caps. Most 'audio grade' caps are just low ESR and nothing more. Remember kids, if a company doesn't want to share their 'secret ingredient', it's because there is no secret ingredient. Your competitors will reverse engineer you stuff anyway.
@richardk2n4 жыл бұрын
Whenever Linus talks about anything that isn't a computer it's bullshit.
@sirabdude144 жыл бұрын
I will readily admit that I am not an expert audiophile, but what knowledge I do have comes from my father who decidedly IS an expert audiophile What you say is absolutely true. Any "decent" quality cap should sound the same as any other to the human ear. EVEN IF there was a measurable difference, there's no way you could hear it - anyone who says otherwise falls into the "I buy $1000 RCA cables" camp of snake-oil and placebo. I have seen oodles of my father's DIY amps and many more from serious audio brands like Cavalli (RIP) and I almost NEVER see them use these overpriced caps.
@GervasitorSpaceman674 жыл бұрын
"The days of low-end motherboards' on-board audio making, like, screeching noises when you move your mouse around are, thankfully, long gone." The 6 month old Dell CAD workstation I have at work would like to disagree. Glad to see I'm not alone in this. Stay strong guys.
@kyleslater52454 жыл бұрын
Lol that’s not low end motherboard... that’s oem proprietor... something totally different and often worse.
@mohammedbashraheel77034 жыл бұрын
I almost threw xps 13 in trash because of that noise 🤯
@bcg4074 жыл бұрын
Have a 6 month old Dell Latitude that does the same damn thing. I thought I was crazy
@Failsy14 жыл бұрын
My Gigabyte Z-170X Gaming-3 motherboard also gave me electronic noise on my Sennheiser HD 280 Pros. I had to get a DAC to get rid of it.
@alexandrecouture24624 жыл бұрын
My 2005 PowerMac G5 didn't had any of this noise, but every other computer I owned had a lot of these
@windhelmguard52954 жыл бұрын
my favourite property of electrolytic capacitors is that they are polarized and will explode if you give them backwards polarity.
@yasdja44444 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂 why would you do that !?
@daanwilmer4 жыл бұрын
@@yasdja4444 For shits and/or giggles.
@christhirion94744 жыл бұрын
The new ones just go poof 😥
@windhelmguard52954 жыл бұрын
@@yasdja4444 because my high school teachers actually knew how a teenage boy thinks. they knew that telling us: "don't do that" wouldn't work so they showed us what happens when you do "that" i also grew up in what used to be east germany where they still had electolytic capacitors lying around that where as thick as my thumb and those made a huge ass boom when they went off.
@windhelmguard52954 жыл бұрын
@@funnyarc nope. my teacher was way too old to be electro boom. he also didn't speak a word of english since he learned russian as his second language for obvious reasons.
@markoantesic43624 жыл бұрын
This video has so many mistakes/oversimplifications. At 2:00 electrolytic does not have to be audio grade. At 2:25 the impedance does drop BUT for power supplies the main problem is parasitic parallel inductance and parasitic parallel resistances, together names ESR. Large capacitance is more important for low frequency ripple (eg. bass) at higher frequency (mouse screeching) ESR and parasitic inductance and inductive coupling is to blame not lack of capacitance. At 3.08 leads are never made of steel, lol, no. The "steel" colour is tin plated copper. Also thru hole capacitors are almost never used on PC, especially not on MOBO where the "audio grade" would be. They are more and more SMD.
@ommsterlitz18054 жыл бұрын
And with that do you have some advice and brand to get a very good audio quality because that what really matters in the end
@shurmurray4 жыл бұрын
This comment should be at the top! I think the number of mistakes is unacceptable. Made an epic facepalm when he told about steel leads...
@potatotr334 жыл бұрын
And rarely do companies develop their own cap's. they're branded parts made to spec. The engineering spec for most of them is just .1 or .01% tolerances. LTT you really should check with independent electrical engineers who design these products while they're not on the clock or have investment in this. You can't ask a company that makes audio products to help you explain "audio grade capacitors" when you should have hooked up wit EEV or NWAVguy and explained the actual properties and not just oversimplify why audio companies use low tolerance electrolytic caps. I'm embarrassed for how this video turned out for you, you guys usually give really good simplifications that stay true to the concepts but this video screams that you didn't do your research and didn't vet the video with an independent professional who didn't source you the information.
@markoantesic43624 жыл бұрын
@Tong Zou Or GOOOLLLDDDEEEEEEEE!!!!
@markoantesic43624 жыл бұрын
@@ommsterlitz1805 I would say that the engineer that builds the audio equipment is 1000X more important then the brand of capacitor used.
@thexgamer82404 жыл бұрын
Audio grade means audio in different grades, for example: 1st grade audio, 2nd audio, 12th grade audio,... until it gets to university.
@jasongooden9174 жыл бұрын
then you become a pro
@katrinabryce4 жыл бұрын
In the UK, it is grades 1 to 8, then diploma.
@EddieKMusic4 жыл бұрын
Katrina Bryce Amazing
@nickmack72824 жыл бұрын
that cracked me up
@bassam_salim4 жыл бұрын
@@katrinabryce you don't have secondary school?!
@mattkerper80114 жыл бұрын
Tolerance is also an issue that should have been touched on. Many caps can be +/- 10+% but audio ones are usually +/- 1-5%
@ryanjofre2 жыл бұрын
I concur 100% as audio/computer fanatic & capacitor nerd. This should be a multi part video. You can’t talk about capacitors whether “lytics” or film caps without talking about tolerance!!!
@AlsanPine7 ай бұрын
also the higher end panasonic caps. i use elna for most but they do not have them in some specs. the electrolytic cap difference is, however, secondary to eliminating the ceramic caps which are a huge noise source as well as all the composite resistors which are also noisy as hell. when i rebuild my gear, i put in 1% film resistors and film capacitors for these. your gear will produce sound that you have not heard because it will no longer have to fight itself because of the noisy components. the elna's then will further sweeten the sound. you will find that you do not have to raise your volume as loud to hear the music because your system is more efficient. invest in a $300 rework station with a de-soldering gun and do it yourself. it is actually very easy if tedious and time consuming project. cheers 🙂
@mikgus4 жыл бұрын
"Audio Grade" is what you mark your capacitors with when you want to sell them for hundred times their true value.
@Oystein874 жыл бұрын
Wrong.. Your comment shows lack of knowlage. There are actually HUGE differences in capacitors. And some are designed to perform better for pure audio use.
@rh_BOSS4 жыл бұрын
@@Oystein87 But these differences will never translate into a discernible difference in the overall sound of the system.
@Oystein874 жыл бұрын
@@rh_BOSS Yes they can if every link in the chain from start to end is good enough.
@rh_BOSS4 жыл бұрын
@@Oystein87 Yes, if we are talking about the kind of difference like the one between cheap and "audio-grade" cables or pristine and burnt-in headphones.
@Oystein874 жыл бұрын
@@rh_BOSS Uhm.. There are differences between cables. I have tries several times in a blind test and can hear differences. Same with capacitors. I tried it in a blind test and there are quite a bit difference. Cables and capacitors are like a little "filter" when it comes to audio. But that does not mean a really expencive cable or capacitor is worth the money though. There is a sweet spot in price and performance. And there also are differences in headphones and speakers when burnt in. Speakers are moving parts and they are stiffer when unused than when they are used for awhile. My speakers gradualy got better bass after playing at a decent volume for several hours. That has also been proven so I think you should get some knowlage in the field. But offcourse if you have bad hearing or crap speakers, amps etc it would not matter anyway.
@AustinSteingrube4 жыл бұрын
Electrical engineer here: That was painful. You should really stick to videos on things you personally know about. Reading a script someone else wrote that is so generalized it is basically wrong is not the way to go. Can you buy junk caps? Yes. Are there nicer ones? Yes. Are electrolytic caps “audio caps”? No. Are ceramic and poly caps used in audio circuits? More than electrolytics. Will nicer caps reduce hum and improve your sound? NO. It’s all about the design. Hum results from poor audio circuit design.
@divcurl60444 жыл бұрын
By the way, respect to electrical engineers, but, working on power systems isn't the same as working on audio surely? Several orders of magnitude different problems?
@AustinSteingrube4 жыл бұрын
@@divcurl6044 Not really. For one, electrical engineers are the ones that design audio circuitry as well; just like there are a hundred different kinds of doctors with different specialties, there are different specialties of electrical engineering. When it comes to circuit design, the parts we use are scaled up for high power, but the electrical concepts are identical between all disciplines. Capacitors, inductors, and resistors all work the same whether you are passing milliamps through them or killiamps.
@divcurl60444 жыл бұрын
@@AustinSteingrube Yes, I agree, but you would also have to agree that one medical specialist wouldn't understand the depth and subtleties of another's discipline, although both may understand the general principles. See, although a capacitor may work the same on a gross level, in terms of distortion, say, two components might be very different. I would propose the difference between four vehicles; a workaday van, a car yourself or you wife might drive, and one an enthusiast would spend serious money on, like a Lamborghini Huracan. All have four wheels, windows, etc. but the Lamborghini is about something other than blunt functionality and fuel economy. The Lamborghini may have titanium and carbon components, which, when compared to a normal useage case just seem like expensive BS. But they aren't, they are important to the user of that vehicle. And, you must admit, that although electrolytic caps aren't exclusive to audio, out of all types of capacitor, they are the most problematic. Therefore, they tend to get the most attention. And, most consumer audio will use such components not just in the PSU, but also for coupling, due to size and cost limitations. Overall, it seems this vid was about what makes an audio grade capacitor different to a vanilla one, rather than to go into depth about physics and electronics. There is a different audience and platform for that I think.
@AustinSteingrube4 жыл бұрын
@@divcurl6044 You are still missing the point. Electrical engineering does not change because you are working on one type of circuit versus another. The medical analogy was meant to convey that electrical engineers do a wide variety of things (as opposed to just power as you suggested), not that we are so hyper specialized that we cannot or do not understand another specialty. You can take an EE that worked in a company that makes medical devices and drop him straight into a company that makes guitar effects pedals and he/she will be right at home. Someone that does power electronics could just as easily work on embedded systems. While there are minor differences on what is important, the basis for everything is so universal that there is very, VERY little that doesn't cross over. With the exception of some very niche fields, all circuits work exactly the same and are used in nearly all types of electrical engineering. Bypass caps? Used in literally every device. Constant current sources? Used in audio filtering, amplification, and power management. Op amps? Use in anything more advanced than a toaster. RLC networks? Again, in pretty much everything. The equations don't change and neither do the components. It is LITERALLY like legos - once you figure out how they snap together, you just connect them up. To reiterate, there is no such thing as an "audio grade capacitor". There is no need to go into depth about the physics because it is all junk marketing. You can have the greatest capacitors ever made, but if you do a junk job on your design, they aren't going to be worth scrap. I recently worked on my guitar amplifier to nearly eliminate hum - want to know how I fixed it? With copper tape for EMI shielding and a ferrite core bead around the power input. No caps were used. How did I know this would work? Because the principles of electrical engineering don't change and I understood the system.
@bradleythatcher28694 жыл бұрын
“I get you Chinese capacitors at half price” -Lyle
@naqiongtradingllpnaqiongtr80353 жыл бұрын
Can you Cut open the Mundorf Silver Gold Cap to view the inside can ? Is it real Pure Silver Foil or basically just a Fake Foil ? Video have ! ( Surely u will have Billion of Billion of Viewer in your KZbin).................Cut it now Mundorf Silver Gold Cap.........////
@thomasward002 жыл бұрын
Many Chinese and Taiwanese caps are just as good these days and even many Japanese brands aren't made in Japan anymore, many are made in Malaysia.
@timramich4 жыл бұрын
Audio grade in the area of capacitors just means a low ESR. Nothing will determine sound coloring other than capacitance, resistance/impedance, and inductance.
@crocosnz33224 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Basically was going to post this if someone else didn't. So much misinformation in this video.
@kennmossman87014 жыл бұрын
And to a lessor degree temperature drift and long term stability esp when used in LP, HP, BP, and DC blocking
@MetalMasterdom4 жыл бұрын
Not exactly. It's not just about low ESR. It's more about low dissipation factor(tan delta). Just having a low ESR does not a good audio capacitor make. Everything else he mentioned about the electrolyte and dielectric materials matters too. Which is why you won't find any "low ESR" solid caps that are "audio grade".
@kennmossman87014 жыл бұрын
@@MetalMasterdomtan delta = ESR / |Xc| so?
@MetalMasterdom4 жыл бұрын
@@kennmossman8701 Exactly. So...if you think you've proved some point to me...go ahead and think that. It isn't the case. But whatever.
@henrylee83664 жыл бұрын
As a EE student, most of the explaining is not quite accurate but easy to understand for normal people.
@godzilla123324 жыл бұрын
What's inaccurate about it. Id like to be as well informed on the topic as I can be
@shurmurray4 жыл бұрын
Mistakes already pointed in some other comments. Some of them (there is more): ordinary capacitors with steel wires (BS, wires are made of plated copper even on cheapest), electrolyte is exclusive to "audio grade" capacitors (BS - with electrolyte on without - defines the type of capacitor and has nothing to do with audio); using electrolyte increases capacitor's response to rapidly changing signal (BS - electrolytic capacitors have significant limitations because of using electrolyte in terms of internal resistance/ESR. And due to this they usually paired with some non-electrolytic capacitors to achieve good overall performance). This boils down to design of a circuit, not the "audio-grade" and gold color.
@bestbattle4 жыл бұрын
I'm no EE guy but I always thought that "audio grade caps" mean low ESR...
@MaxusR4 жыл бұрын
Ask an audiophile about capacitors and this is what you'll get.
@henrylee83664 жыл бұрын
Some parts are physically better than others, but using "audio grade" is such a dumb idea. Also, the reason why these higher grade part is better is rarely things mentioned in the video. But I believe for a good reason, which is Linus doesn't quite understand electrical engineering himself. His team make tons of great videos, but this isn't one.
@NSNorfolk Жыл бұрын
I'm an Electrical Engineer and also, because I enjoy driving at all hours of the day and night, am a Broadcast Engineer, SBE and IEEE member, etc.... I have 3 Harris MW-5's and 1 MW-50 along with some newer FM's 20-35KW under my charge. WE use Nichicon UFG series caps in the Audio Chain and Panasonic's in other applications. Made an audible difference on FM (if you listened closely). Then Gates broadcast states that general purpose electrolytic have a service life of around 8 years. Now, that's in 24 X 7 use and in warm - hot environments. We rebuilt the 38 year old MW-5's around 5 years ago and the MW-50, about 4 years ago. The only off air time thus far has been the 37 year old MW-50, which ate a 4CX35000 PA tube a couple years ago.
@heimvar4 жыл бұрын
Man when i was building my tower speakers and it came to building my high/low pass filters i didn't know the difference between caps and wow it made a fair bit of difference when really pushing the woofers.
@ianmahaney51404 жыл бұрын
Capacitors themselves do not simply "lower" the impedance of a system, but rather counter the inductance of a system which can come from the inherent length of an audio cable or the speaker driver size/type. The electrical noise mentioned is because of possible coupling of the AC audio signals into the DC power input of a digital audio IC. A decoupling capacitor is then used to "smooth out" the power input signal. This capacitor also counters the inductance of the traces/wiring just on the PCB. Basically, if the decoupling capacitor is not sized/specified correctly, then audio degradation can occur. Of course, there's more to it, but I've ranted enough lol..
@thecanmanification2 жыл бұрын
Isn’t inductance dealt with by using a transmission line?
@clansman894 жыл бұрын
Get two identical amps, change capacitors in one and blind test it. Should be a nice project for the team.
@frankgeeraerts62432 жыл бұрын
No problem , it's been done for decades .........
@alexgrigoriou58204 жыл бұрын
This video would be ABSOLUTELY PERFECT if it featured ElectroBoom getting shocked!
@alexgrigoriou58204 жыл бұрын
@@funnyarc lol
@n0stalgia14 жыл бұрын
Can confirm that it's an actual Austrian Opera Hall (Viennese Volksoper, to be precise) at 0:14 Very impressed by the research at LTT
@EddieKMusic4 жыл бұрын
1. Google "Viennese Volksoper". 2. Take first image result. 3. Add it to video and upload. Random guy on youtube: impressive research
@davidgriffin794 жыл бұрын
End of video; removes palm from face. So, Audio Note sponsored this vid, who'd have thought. Next, audio grade USB cables..
@TheMaw3654 жыл бұрын
You can solve this problem by using an off board DAC/AMP to process the audio outside of the case where there is no high power interference. Decent ones aren't even expensive and are worth having. Anything is better than your GPU fragging your board components when it's under load.
@FrommDK4 жыл бұрын
Quite misleading to only show electrolytic capacitors followed by claiming electrolytic capacitors are completely different from the other cylinder shaped capacitors. In fact, all the cylendrical capacitors are all electrolytic and polarized. where as the most common capacitor used in modern electronics are called ceramic capacitors and are surface mounted rectangles, very similar looking to surfacemounted (SMD) resistors. "Audio grade" is just a made up classification for high grade capacitors that can charge and dischange quicker than some other capacitors, but nowadays "audio grade" capacitors means nothing due to advances in technology and better component quality
@outcast3414 жыл бұрын
Speaking of audio quality, what is that low rumble in the back audio on this vid?
@rafee94424 жыл бұрын
dunno about low rumble but there's some screeching sound every time Linus moves his lips.
@outcast3414 жыл бұрын
@@rafee9442 mostly around the sponor segues?
@outcast3414 жыл бұрын
You can actually hear banging or someone walking by at 5:36
@Username_-fm4lj4 жыл бұрын
Background noise its normal lmao
@yardbirds894 жыл бұрын
@noxxi knoxi really i love chicken tendies...
@sirtainlee8725 Жыл бұрын
4:49 "Buy 1 of each capacitor brand. Try each until you determine the best sounding one." Thanks for watching!
@adamkendall9974 жыл бұрын
One time I was wiring up a high-pass filter for a car system and I could hear the music actually coming out of the circuit board. I told my friend to turn it up so I could get a better listen and while I'm holding this thing up to my ear, BOOOOOOOM!!!! the thing explodes. Amazingly I was unscathed.
@forestyogin22183 жыл бұрын
Hey, you seem to have missed the upper half of caps. Polypropylene caps are not represented here. However the dissected caps that you show are Poly caps because they have a metal film. The electrolytic caps use an electrolytic chemical as the conductor, not usually metal.
@suborgtfo.44334 жыл бұрын
Well, IDK what it means but it'll definitely makes more sense than my school grades..
@omarhashiem11324 жыл бұрын
same bro ... same
@mtoddvan4 жыл бұрын
Nicely explained! But capacitors aren't only used for power storage to offset low & peak spikes in electron flow, they're also used as filters & occasionally believe it or not as low impedance fuses to couple as a bridge safety to burn out (fail) if certain conditions aren't met. Also you mostly concentrated on motherboards & audio components I'd recommend keeping in mind the most distortion can or could result from the power supply either from being a ultra cheap power supply or a possible failure of a capacitor within the power supply. Granted just as motherboards & audio electronics & components have greatly improved so have power supplies. Just a thought to help you along ;-)
@frankgeeraerts62432 жыл бұрын
Indeed.
@BogdanSerban4 жыл бұрын
The only "audio grade" capacitors are those used in filters and coupling, and are usually polyester or polystyrene, since they don't distort that much like ceramic or electrolytics do. When it comes to power supplies, it's just a matter of having enough capacitance to remove noise and low ESR. Audio grade electrolytics are just marketing, and if some product uses them as coupling caps, avoid that product.
@dakata2416 Жыл бұрын
Finally a sane person! Bless you man ❤
@ZILtoid19914 жыл бұрын
Unless you plan to use single-ended Class-A transistor amps (which need decoupling) with your home speakers, where DC decoupling is a vital thing, regular capacitors should be sufficient. In that case, the DC resistance and inductance introduced by the decoupling capacitor can suck your tone literally. That was the case on many 90's sound cards, which could be upgraded with better capacitors (at the cost of size), but some find the result too bassy, especially with certain OPL2/3 tracks. Gravis Ultrasound and Pro Audio Spectrum 16 cards didn't suffer from such issues.
@alexhaywood31394 жыл бұрын
Most capacitors are actually those small rectangles you see on your boards. Roughly half are probably resistors and half capacitors. Those large electrolytic capacitors are good for lower frequency signals due to their larger capacitance, while MLCCs (multilayer ceramic capacitors) are way better for higher signals due to their much lower effective series resistance. The only advantage of electrolytics is their slightly larger maximum capacitance.
@ikannunaplays4 жыл бұрын
Fun fact, the mostly likely non-moving part of most electronics to fail is the capacitor, and they're super easy to replace. I buy dead motherboards all the time just to replace the $1 in capacitors and resell the board for $50+ on eBay.
@divcurl60444 жыл бұрын
I like your style, I would have died of starvation if it wasn't for repairing HP computers in the 80s and 90s. I miss those days. I also "modified" nowadays would be hacked, HPUX so to give obscene error messages, nice....creative spirit and all that. Didn't go down well with my employers for some reason. I was going to say how I did that, but I don't think I should.
@ikannunaplays4 жыл бұрын
Div Curl very familiar
@sbaxter42074 жыл бұрын
3.21 Linus character dancing with hair adjustment lol : )
@oscarswaggie4 жыл бұрын
3:21 you're welcome
@pyrokinetikrlz4 жыл бұрын
I am electronics engineer with quite a few years of experience and this is the first time I've ever heard about audio grade capacitors....
@frankgeeraerts62432 жыл бұрын
That doesn't astonish me............
@kimherseth92784 жыл бұрын
Linus, what the F was this all about? As a consumer, you should be concerned about amplifier performance, which brand of capacitors are used is of absolutely no importance. Yes, there is good manufacturers, and there is crap ones, and the only thing that differs is variations in specifications, and reliability. It will always be up to the designer to select components within tolerance. There is no such thing as an audio-grade capacitor, it`s nothing more than a marketing scheme to make money. For capacitors(and electronics in general), it is the electrical characteristics that is important, not some messed up "feeling" that some moron made up in the late 70`s. Engineers does not feel their way to a good circuit, they calculate, simulate, prototype and measure to make good products, in audio though, there is way to much hype about feel, and not enough care is taken to give consumers proper specifications on the products being sold. -Kim, Electronics engineer
@arturolejniczak57604 жыл бұрын
Audio science review is a great site. Because evrything is measured and based on science. No feelings just data
@yourdiytechlife4 жыл бұрын
When you pick up a fully charged capacitor you end up with Linus hair, hmmm maybe I should try that. 😂
@43audio892 жыл бұрын
Im a audio engineer. I started watching these when I wanted to build my own PC. Im absolutely tickled that you guys are expanding to do more stuff in general electronics! Keep it up!
@ronniepirtlejr26062 жыл бұрын
So what is the difference between an audio electrolytic capacitor for audio or a electrolytic capacitor for a power supply that is the same size, same voltage & same uf? Basically if I spend $35 on my "special electrolytic audio capacitors" instead of $10 for my electrolytic power supply capacitors, It will make me feel warm and fuzzy inside when I listen to my audio!
@divcurl60444 жыл бұрын
To be honest, to most EE engineers nowadays, a capacitor is a kind of mystery object that goes next to the power pins on a MCU. The datasheet says to do it, it works, now let's get on with coding that robot arm...
@JaredPiTrick4 жыл бұрын
you guys actually need to see the light on the glory of hi-fi. it is insane how deep the rabbit hole goes. EX: Transparent Audio manufactures analog cables that exceed the quality spec that DARPA and NASA require in their manufacturing. you should contact those folks and showcase their process. it is actually insane how big of a difference it can make.
@RobiePAX4 жыл бұрын
4:58 - Yeah.. good luck with that. As a guy who used to work in a retail store, I can tell that stores often don't receive demo units unless it's a big expensive brand. So you have to buy a pretty box and hope it sounds good enough for the money. Sales Assistants are not allowed to open them either because then it's no longer new unopened product. And you can't bring it back to store unless it's faulty.
@aceingaming96564 жыл бұрын
Hey, can you guys tell me which one is better audio quality? Back panel or front panel?
@alansimons1414 жыл бұрын
As an EE, I can say audio capacitors are just as valuable as gold plated connectors.
@Oystein874 жыл бұрын
Sp quite alot then. If everything from start to end is good enough quality then gold plated connectors does matter a bit. But silver is even better. But the components will never be better than the weakest link anyway.
@Shawn-wy1pb3 жыл бұрын
@@herranton Gold has the best anti corrosion property of all metals that’s why it’s used to protect the connections from the environment. One reason that 5000 year old gold artifacts, once cleaned up are as good as new. Gold is also a very good conductor of electricity after silver and copper.
@johnnyjojones45044 жыл бұрын
"The days of low-end motherboards' on-board audio making, like, screeching noises when you move your mouse around are, thankfully, long gone." *tap left mouse button to stop the video BZZZZ I don´t think it´s really gone...
@lordofstringss4 жыл бұрын
FINALLY a video on AUDIO!
@dalepeters38414 жыл бұрын
To get the most authentic sound possible, I like to wander into live gun fights for that authentic COD experience.
@samtherat64 жыл бұрын
FPS is also extremely subjective...i don’t notice a difference between 40FPS and a 100FPS, and I wouldn’t have known unless I’d seen it in person.
@MerolaC4 жыл бұрын
Holy shit Yesterday I changed the capacitors from Capxon (very cheap and bad brand) to a set of Nichicon FW(M) capacitor on a cheap amplifier and the difference it made was astonishing. And now I understand why it made such a difference.
@larryvaughn5843 Жыл бұрын
What do you mean by "couple"? Do capacitors allow AC (audio) current to pass but not DC? How are the two "coupled"?
@brinkshows27204 жыл бұрын
audio grade? You mean low ESR and high life expetancy. (ESR is internal series resistance)
@Oystein874 жыл бұрын
Exactly.. Audi grade👍
@Hammersmash3dFace4 жыл бұрын
oh the schiit magni. i also bought a headphone amp from them only recently. but i probably have a uniques problem. my sennheiser hd 270 not only needs more ohms, which is advertised a lot up to 600ohm, but also more than 230mW RMS per channel. At least the old Onkyo from 1998 still brings better bass and pressure. now i'm looking for a good soundblaster for analog output again, because i'm otherwise connected to an av receiver and hdmi or audiointerface. The last one was an audigy a few years ago. last i took a look at evga nu
@sergiokaminotanjo4 жыл бұрын
Emo Neko Chan Linus scares me :/ My therapist: Hes not real... Emo Neko Chan Linus 3:24
@dr.martinlroberts19084 жыл бұрын
Nice copy paste skills.
@sergiokaminotanjo4 жыл бұрын
@@dr.martinlroberts1908 lol from who,l didnt even read any comment. But of course,the joke is not mine. lts a dead meme actually, if dont know that already.
@Hiddenus14 жыл бұрын
Anyone noticed subtle hum of probably AC Linus is in? Noticable as long he's speaking, in between his words or some quieter ones.
@TrollFaceTheMan4 жыл бұрын
"What's the deference between Audio Grade Capacitors and Regular Capacitors..?" Often Times the name and lots of marketing... Don't get me wrong there are better and worse capacitors out there but "Audio Grade" tends to be abused as mush as "Gaming Grade" is... 99% of the time if you hear "Audio Grade" capacitors or otherwise on anything but higher end stuff it is going to be complete bs... (And even then it can be very questionable...)
@thewhitedragon41844 жыл бұрын
They usually have lower esr but it's just a marketing ploy to sell products to people who don't know any better. Try asking for "audio grade" capacitors in an electronic parts store and they'll laugh at you
@TrollFaceTheMan4 жыл бұрын
@@thewhitedragon4184, exactly.
@deansmith47524 жыл бұрын
THD is the commonly used determination of signal quality - measuring the Total Harmonic Distortion of the ingoing signal ( sine wave) and the output ( hopefully still a sine wave)
@frankgeeraerts62432 жыл бұрын
The signal =test signal .............nothing to do with real amplifying musical signals......
@engjds Жыл бұрын
The Nichicon Basilisk uses quantum tunnelling dielectrics and charge pump flange mounts to increase electron propulsion beyond that of standard capacitors, I am sat here listening to one through a Sony pro walkman and it sounds better than the majority of DSD 24bit systems.
@alexii16534 жыл бұрын
That hair thoo. Fokinnn nicee
@legominimovieproductions4 жыл бұрын
What makes a capacitor audio-grade? The label XD
@1--JAM--14 жыл бұрын
Im doing an engineering degree and this made me cringe in parts haha but is actually a pretty good explanation to the general public, simplified but not completely butchered. Good job!
@vishaldayalpanta32224 жыл бұрын
Linus : Audio grade capacitor Me : whatever, just buy some Schiit
@tjsmithson15984 жыл бұрын
Their DACs don't measure well. Audiosciencereview. Com
@StillAlive6664 жыл бұрын
@@tjsmithson1598 you're on crack, the modi 3 is actually really good, especially for the price. Listen with your ears, and not your eyes.
@wadimek1164 жыл бұрын
@@StillAlive666 Modi 3 is shit. Is very low end stuff.
@sireuchre4 жыл бұрын
Heh... Linus shows us radial lead electrolytic capacitors, describes capacitors as generally looking like that, then shows film capacitors (axial lead), then describes film capacitors internally, going on to describe electrolytic capacitors internally as if they were different from the electrolytic capacitors he first showed. Oh, and when did cheap caps stop being an issue? "My Samsung TV just stopped turning on today." is still a thing.
@flexairz4 жыл бұрын
He is cutting corners like crazy for the laymen... Electrical Engineers, like me, cringe at times.. Anyway, well done.
@hosamali52564 жыл бұрын
would you be kind and provide pointers for your perspective of the matter ?
@yolobathsalts4 жыл бұрын
Because that's what this series is for. If you want actual lectures, go elsewhere.
@RelabTV4 жыл бұрын
I mean i like techquickie videos because i learned a lot from them but this one was utterly pointless. Like go and buy audio wtuff with expensive capacitors what the fuck
@RelabTV4 жыл бұрын
as an electrical hobbyist this video made me cringe as well. The electrolytical capacitor is not an invention of some audio company, it is not anything hi-tech and its not any better alternative to ceramic or film capacitors (actually worse when we talk about parasitic resistance and even inductance, critical in audio circuits). And shit like making copper leads to decrease resistance? what the hell man the rest of the electrodes is aluminum or electrolyte. Youre not gonna lower ESR which is relatively high for electrolytic caps by putting copper leads in it omg. If a audio equipment is good it is because how well they engineered the circuit not because they used electrolytic caps with copper electrodes :D If you wanna know something more about it: The basic principle of a capacitor is that there are differently charged electrodes close to each other (one has more electrons, one has more) The difference of charges is causing freely moving electrons, aka charge carriers) to be in one of the electrodes because the other positively charged is electrostatically attract them. The electrostatic force is inversely proportional to the distance of the objects, in our cause electrons and empty-spaces-for-electrons in electrodes, thats why we want to make them be as close as possible so thats why there are electrolytical capacitors where there is one electrode and the other one is electrolyte and the only thing separating them is an thin oxide layer (like micrometers thick). A charged capacitor has a potential to make the electrons flow to level out the charges on the electrons by actually moving them from one electrodes to other. Its like when you have a battery and electrons flow from one end to the other. The Equivalent series Resistance, ESR or internal resistance is the overall ability to move electrons. Aluminium is not that great of a conductor and in capacitors there is a very thin layer of it. And the electrolyte is even worse, thats why el. caps have bigger ESR. When you want to charge thhe capacitor rapidly (like tens of thousands kHz) the ESR starts to play a big role. Usually you connect a parallel ceramic capacitor to the el. cap to reduce this effect. Or there ale low-esr el. caps which you can use. Definitely not audio grade capacitors with copper leads and whatever secret ingrediences lol
@wolvenar4 жыл бұрын
At times.. Man most of the explnation is a bad mix of various capacitor types. Electrolytic are by definition all filled with an electrolyte. The there are many types of capacitors. Some are ceramic, tantalum, film (plastic and others), there are more but you get the point. Audio grade used to mean more than it does today. It was initially more to designate a lower ESR, and generally non polar electrolytic. Electrolytic of days gone by were not generally as low of esr as the standard off the shelf is today. Today the term audio grade is not much more than a diluted term by over/mis use of said term.
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, electrolytic capacitors are great... if you want to reduce the service life of your equipment!
@nkumshahi4 жыл бұрын
Linus what happened to IPV6? Why no one is using it? 🤔
@JimGriffOne4 жыл бұрын
For anyone with buzzing noises on their on-board sound, try buying a cheap "ground loop isolator" for your audio output. It'll get rid of a lot of the buzzing. It's cheaper than upgrading to a separate soundcard and wasting a PCI-e slot (and PCI-e lanes).
@dj_paultuk70524 жыл бұрын
If your using a computer and you want decent sound quality, then forget using the onboard audio. Or even a sound card. All you need is an "Audioquest Dragonfly Black" USB DAC. Its a 32bit ESS based DAC and one of the best in the world. Ive been using one for 3yrs now and would never go back.
@dumpsterdawg4 жыл бұрын
Looks like one of those capacitors discharged a bunch of hair gel.
@peterbreis54074 жыл бұрын
Time to start that "100 shitty things I didn't know about PCs and Windows" vodcast, that's been on the backburner for the last 35 years.
@ThugTheFerret4 жыл бұрын
The crazy thing is that i got a lecture yesterday that was just about this topic. Nice.
@peterbreis54074 жыл бұрын
That's the crazy of most consumer obsessions. Fact is most people are either partially deaf or in circumstances that make it hard to hear beyond even "good audio" let alone high fidelity, as evidenced by the extremes that audio aficionados go to to make audio neutral rooms filled with sound absorbent cone walls and insulation in the walls. We live in a world horrendously polluted with everything, PARTICULARLY noise. Instead of doing something about it people actually make it worse. Besides the noise they produce from all the cars, trucks, machinery air conditioning, and household/office devices, they make MORE noise with what they are trying to listen to. Commuters are the worst, turning up their sound to deafening levels to try and out compete with everyone around them. Result? Nobody gets what they want and everybody gets what they don't want. Hearing problems.
@steverojas41804 жыл бұрын
This is not very accurate, I'm an electrical engineer and I can confirm that "audio grade" doesn't really mean much. Electrolytic capacitors are not only used for audio, if you open a power supply you will no doubt see several electrolytic capacitors. Look at any motherboard, next to the CPU socket you will find several large capacitors that are used to stabilize the CPU voltage. Now for the whole talk about getting a lower resistance, I just want to point out that resistance is linear and does not introduce any distortion, only an insignificant loss of volume. Impedance though is different: The impedance of a capacitor is a complex number, and is the sum of resistance and reactance of the capacitor. The impedance depends on the capacitance and the frequency of the signal. Having capacitors that are too small will reduce the bass, since the impedance of a capacitor increases as frequency gets lower. Basically, all you have to do is make sure your capacitors are big enough and you're good. It goes without saying that capacitors are not the only component that matters. Most distortion comes from the DACs, ADCs, and semiconductor devices. Non-linearity in semiconductor devices is unavoidable, and good circuit design is the only way around that.
@jackalovski14 жыл бұрын
That, audio artifact thing when moving the mouse is something I've always had with Creative sound cards. I always thought it was something I had to live with because I've never had a system that didn't do it and now you're telling me I'm missing out?
@tomf31504 жыл бұрын
Jackalovski Back in the days I had this probleme because of a multicore friendly build of flash player. That shit was unable to work properly on a monocore cpu, no matter what sound card i tried (even a turtlebeach).
@RafaelMilewski4 жыл бұрын
That annoying sound of the mouse moving you mentioned that is long gone still happens with my recently purchase razor blade stealth 2080 max q design...
@KevinBenecke4 жыл бұрын
If you haven't made a video about it yet, could you do one about the "Ready Boost" feature on Windows please? What does it do or what is it supposed to do and how does it work?
@dankopanko94784 жыл бұрын
its so intresting learning this in school and then hear it explained in eng in totally diffrent way, and i get it now, it was helpful thx :3
@thewhitedragon41844 жыл бұрын
Don't buy this video's garbage
@Zhorellski2 жыл бұрын
Do they replaced Preamp and Power Tubes for Solid State Amp?
@World_Theory4 жыл бұрын
I didn't know anyone else had that problem with mouse movements causing sounds in the headphones. The only time I ever encountered that problem, was when I used a pair of $20 Logitech USB headphones from Walmart, with a Logitech gaming mouse, in my computer that would be around 12-15 years old now, but only about 1-2 years old at the time. That sound annoyed me something fierce, because the headphones otherwise sounded great. But then the plastic frame snapped, so I didn't have to worry about that anymore.
@Dougie0854 жыл бұрын
Some audio grad caps have silver leads even, they are quite expensive.
@absalomdraconis4 жыл бұрын
They're usually overpriced as well.
@StefanEtienneTheVerrgeRep4 жыл бұрын
Bro, the human eye can't even see more than 24 micro farads per second. Just make sure your headphones are anti static to really clear up the noise interference!
@Finite-Tuning4 жыл бұрын
Audio grade is just a fancy "special pricing" specification, nothing more! A 2% +/- spec is an audio grade capacitor whereas a 10% +/- is not! And yes, I still hear my mouse moving through my 18" sub with audio grade bla!
@LNDR94 жыл бұрын
If you paint gold a capacitor it will become audio grade
@p3chv0gel224 жыл бұрын
“like you're sitting in a concert hall in vienna“ Well i like the sound of my headphones more. But i felt asleep during “Carmen“ in vienna, so...
@samwalsh26024 жыл бұрын
"The days of low-end motherboards' on-board audio making, like, screeching noises when you move your mouse around are, thankfully, long gone." My mouse is fine but when my pc is working hard, the speakers buzz. My mobo is ASUS and from 2017...
@Psytronex4 жыл бұрын
Hang on...didn't we get rid of electrolytic capacitors from motherboards, because they dry out over time? Solid state is the better option. Now we're supposed to believe we specifically want them for audio?
@d.oconnor40474 жыл бұрын
I just went from a Asus Strix z270i mobo to a Gigabyte x570 Aorus Master and I noticed a HUGE improvement in audio, I didnt think that sort of difference was possible in terms of mobo audio quality
@Ju13n1s2e94 жыл бұрын
What is the point about discuss capacitors without discussing important properties such as impedance and esr?
@jaydencdq4 жыл бұрын
no one is talking about the thumbnail and linus using his pinkie and thumb to hold the capacitors? ok
@wayneparris34394 жыл бұрын
Caps store electricty....... Well, sort of... in a power supply, yep they help to smooth pulsed DC voltage into a smoother more pure DC BUT, in AUDIO circuts they also block DC voltage while allowing AC voltage to pass through with a minimum of restriction or Impedance to the AC signal which is what the audio signal is made of.
@haxalicious4 жыл бұрын
To get godlike audio, all you need is a $3000 pair of headphones. And a $500 amp. And a $500 DAC. And audio in a very high quality format recorded with an expensive mic and ADC. And also to tweak sound settings.
@keis20464 жыл бұрын
You just make it too simple. Capacitors is all about electric energy capacity, discharge rate, recharge rate, ESR, noise and ripples filtering.
@hannibalhector37194 жыл бұрын
I had to reread this because the first time I read "nipples filtering"
@MathewPanicker10104 жыл бұрын
This isn't a capacitor tutorial video.
@keis20464 жыл бұрын
@@MathewPanicker1010 Right, this is not a tutorial, but you can't really tell what's different or special about any type of capacitor if you don't talk about these specification.
@kenlarge51544 жыл бұрын
no advert from massdrop for their new DAC?
@magottyk4 жыл бұрын
Complete load of crap. Audio grade is just a way of making a bit more money on a standard low esr cap by putting a different sleeve on them. As to the quality Japanese caps, well it's been well over a decade since the spate of bad caps due to incorrect electrolyte formulations from cheaper non Japanese suppliers caused major issues.