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In Reply to: What are the better electrolytic caps now ? posted by John PA on January 27, 2015 at 07:28:00:
Fresh PS caps can bring an improvement, but increasing capacitance is not always the best strategy. Increasing voltage can yield better results. With only headphones to drive, I can't believe that you need to deliver much current. Sometimes too large a cap can actually be harmful to sonics. Do NOT use less than a 25v cap, and increasing voltage even from there can yield sonic benefits.
As already mentioned by others, Panny FM's are very high quality and an excellent value, but come in limited capacities and voltages. Their leads are magnetic, which I believe is a deal breaker for sound. Panny FR has slightly better specs, but also magnetic leads. Panny FC's are outdated and don't sound good. The FM's are okay, but can be a bit bright. FR's are about the same. For larger values, Panny TSHA are decent.
The best sounding 'lytic caps, by far, are still BG's of any grade. No way around it. Specs don't mean squat when you open your ears and listen to music. Nichicon FG is getting close, but still not the same. Silmics can be rather dull and closed in. Mundorf is very good if somewhat overpriced, but not available in smaller values. I have unsuccessfully tried to get Parts Connexion to approach Mundorf about making some smaller value caps to replace BG's.
Low ESR and inductance are not the only aspects that yield better performance, but are worthwhile goals. One way to lower ESR is use more caps in parallel, or parallel a small value film cap. That is an art in itself, and can yield variable results.
Peace,
Tom E
berate is 8 and benign is 9
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- RE: What are the better electrolytic caps now ? - madisonears 20:09:05 01/27/15 (1)
- I spoke with Prts connexion a while back. . - John PA 20:28:28 01/27/15 (0)
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