Ha! Remember the battles we had back then?Problem then was that I had never checked ESR so I had no absolute figures to back up my argument,just went with what I was taught and what I experienced doing cap jobs for years.I often wonder if those debates we had then had some effect on Mesa's stand.I remember so many people telling me "Mesa or Mike B told me the caps dont need changing".I would talk them into changing them and would always get positive feedback on the change.Now Mesa seems to have reversed and become proponents of changing caps.Anyways,getting back to the BMI's,I contacted a couple of the distributors listed on the Barker MFD site and they all seem to only want to deal in bulk.A couple actually directed me to suppliers that sell Vishay/Sprague,telling me they are made at the same plant.No help,although I still like Sprague Atoms,the price has driven me to use F&T more now.The only problem I foresee getting them from Mesa is that I'm sure they only stock the values they use.I havent gotten a lot of Boogie amps of late,I think I recapped all the MK's in the north east.I had a run there for a couple years when I probably did well over 100 Boogies.Many ofthem came as a result of the debates you and I had here.I've been getting more vintage amps that use 8,10,16 and 20uf,not too common in Mesa's.Prices are great from Mesa.Interesting note on the BMI site.BMI was actually begun by the guy named Barker who was the VP of Sprague and bought the factory where Sprague's were made,and actually are subcontracted by Sprague to make the Atoms.
