Expensive Crossover Components - Worth it?

[Amphiprion]

I DIY'd a cap back in college. Standard printer paper with aluminum foil rolled up (I didn't have any Saran wrap). It was about 8nF without oil and 11nF when I poured some vegetable oil over the paper. It was nothing more than a "hey what if" experiment. Values were measured with a digital multimeter.

[fjhuerta]

Now my wife will begin to wonder where all her Saran wrap and aluminum foil went.

[Face]

Oh yeah, they all look like repackaged goods to me.

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