ok fully understand a great way of keeping my money is to walk away from this as a hobby and pick up dust collection as my new hobby but dust isnt shiny and dangerous at the same time!
Erick,
I was going to suggest this, but you said it first. Yellow_Light_Colorz_PDT_06 As for dust collection, I know a handful of scientists from Livermore at San Francisco airport that collect (or filter) dust in large volumes to do mass spectrometry analysis for defense against anthrax threats in real time. They do this for living though.
As far as cheaper alternatives for caps, I like Solen Fast Caps that are non-electrolytic. They are good quality caps at 1/5 the size of oil cans. However, they are not that much cheaper than Angela's. I like them for their compactness. I am using them in my JE Labs 2A3 with a good result. The only problem for you is c'est francais.
Other than that, you can always use modern electrolytic caps. They still are an excellent alternative. They are small, robust, and not as messy.
If I were to spend money on caps, I would invest in coupling caps like Auricaps, Hovland, or hi-end PIO caps. I feel that's where you would most likely see the difference, beside bypass caps.
