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In Reply to: RE: Much prefer FT-3 to K40 posted by andy evans on February 19, 2017 at 01:44:27
I use the FT2s in the larger Sherwood S-5000.Andy,keep in mind that the FT2s that are rated at 200v go 785vdc before they show any leakage.The voltage on these caps are way under rated.
The color and warmth disappears on the k40 over time as the cap breaks in.You still have a slight but not as much.Putting silver plated stranded leads on the K40s like I do with the FT2s helps a lot.
There is another Russian cap that is killer and that's the silver mica SSG.The biggest is .1uf at 500v but they sound fantastic.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
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Let me ask you a queston do the k72 teflon sound like the ft's?
I used a .056 1000v k72 for cathode bypass along with other capacitors and it ruined the sound has a very SMOOOTH/CREAMY vague plastic sound comes to mind, not too good IMO
I would like to try the ft series russian teflons. ? will they sound the same???
Lawrence
Let me ask you a queston do the k72 teflon sound like the ft's?
Not from my experience.I have three boxes of the .1 at 500v K72s I bought back in 2004 and I used 4 of them and took them back out and put the k40s back in.I even tried to trade them for .1 600v k40s even up and nobody would do it.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
Sorry not asking for a comparo between k40's to russian k72 I am asking if the k72 sound like the ft series russian teflons?
Thanks
Lawrence
Lawrence
Sorry if I didn't make myself clear but the K72s don't sound like the FT series at all IMHO.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
"I am asking if the k72 sound like the ft series russian teflons?"
No. Unless you remove the steel case.
Something about the steel case on the k72 ruins the sound.
The ft series have Aluminum cases and sound great, neither adding or taking away anything.
Tre'
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I did it with a tubing cutter. I cut as close to one end as I can then as close to the other end as I can.
The ends pull free and there's a wire connecting to the foil.
Once those are gone the can slides off.
I wrapped mine in plumbers teflon tape to keep the cap from unwinding.
Tre'
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