2: Let's go shopping!

Based on the given component list I bought some capacitors from trustworthy manufacturers on DigiKey plus a bunch of other stuff to get above the threshold for free shipping.

The component list, a diagram with all capacitor locations and orientations as well as some purchasing considerations are in the

article about recapping a Squeezebox Classic on Joe's Blog

. I'm not going to repost those here because this post isn't a guide but the other one is.

I decided to completely forego the ESR meter, since I wanted to replace all caps anyways. But what I bought where some cheap desoldering tweezers on AliExpress.

The Tweezers cost me 30,79? and the and the DigiKey order was 70,42?.

Product photo of desoldering tweezers. It's basically two soldering irons with a spring-loaded grip between them. Also on the photo is the wired remote control for temperature and a metal stand to put it in.

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