As the Capacitor Turns

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As the Capacitor Turns

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One of These Things IS Like the Other...

Several well-respected amp builders turned me on to these Synergy Royal Mustards that I now carry at ValveStorm.com.

Anyone want to hazard a guess as to why they look so similar to another well known cap that has not been available for some time?
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They're made at the same factory?
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Yes... but there is more to the saga...
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ValveStorm wrote:Yes... but there is more to the saga...

Without naming names:
Suppose that BrandA spent years developing a product, but only owned the name and not the production process. BrandA has a falling out (non $$$ paid) with the producer. BrandB hears of this problem and buys the rights to the production process, and now has exclusive rights to the design.

BrandA is forced to start over with a different producer/process and a new distributer.
And is BrandB selling said capacitors for than BrandA did? :-)
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So how do the new Sozo's sound?

It's looks like they have been released by CE?

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When did this happen exactly? As I bought Sozo Vintage Caps last year for my JTM50. Not sure if mine would be new or old production.
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It's recent
It's happening right now
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CE Dist is the new and only distributor for Sozo now... Happened a few months back.
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No I mean when did they have to change production
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dorrisant wrote:CE Dist is the new and only distributor for Sozo now... Happened a few months back.
CE announced it a month or so ago but CE only acquired stock recently.
There was an 8 week wait from the time the sales manager contacted me until CE actually had them on the shelf and ready to ship
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Littlewyan wrote:No I mean when did they have to change production
There's a story that goes with the whole deal between Sozo and the manufacturer

I was trying to figure it all out with some help from my face book friends here.
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Ah you sparked something in my head when you pointed out how the new Sozos look a bit different. I bought some more Sozos after building my JTM50 as I wanted to tweak it and I noticed the new batch I got looked a bit different. As for sound I don't know as I didn't compare them. The orders were only a few months apart though and were from tube town in Germany.
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The new Sozo's have only become available in the last few days
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Amazing----- :shock: ----- I suppose it gives some people something to do------ But which ones to stock !!?? The "real" former Sozo's (now being sold under a different name) or the NEW Improved Super-Duper caps that are made by a completely different company with different manufacturing specs ?
Which ones will the clueless masses on the web accept as "The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread" ?
I look foreword to countless threads that compare the two products---- I'll read them when I need some comedic entertainment---- :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I am not surprised mr. sozo lost his shirt. I butted heads with him (via email) a few years ago, and the guy was a real ass.
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