RE: cApacitors are the new cables

Posted by Lew (A) on August 19, 2015 at 07:07:35

In Reply to: RE: cApacitors are the new cables posted by SirAnthony on August 16, 2015 at 21:29:48:

If you have to add a bypass capacitor across a Dueland primary capacitor to reach some sort of Nirvana, can the Dueland really be worth the very high cost? (I guess it's all in the ear of the listener.) FWIW, I have had at least two Jensen silver foil capacitors and one copper type go leaky inside an amplifier. The failure of the copper one led to the loss of a power tube. Jensen silver and copper types are therefore banned from my stash. I have read that they've taken steps to improve reliability, however.

My preference is to use the best (sounding) coupling capacitors possible and not to bypass them; I nearly always hear a discontinuity in sound characteristics when I do otherwise. This applies only to coupling capacitors. In power supplies, I do advocate bypassing high value electrolytic with film capacitors. And I do agree with whoever wrote that a good film and foil capacitor will (nearly) always sound better than a metallized film type, although I also think Auricaps are quite a bargain among metallized films. These are only my opinions based on my own listening and tweaking.

So, while we're at it, has anyone listened to the copper/teflon Vcaps???? Are they worth the cost?
Thanks.

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Topic - New expensive cpacitors - SirAnthony 00:43:11 08/16/15 (25)

RE: New expensive cpacitors - mrplatte 00:04:12 08/24/15 (6)

RE: New expensive cpacitors - beautox 02:12:01 08/24/15 (5)

RE: New expensive cpacitors - Ryelands 03:40:43 08/24/15 (4)

RE: New expensive cpacitors - mrplatte 04:07:36 08/24/15 (3)

RE: New expensive cpacitors - mrplatte 04:14:08 08/24/15 (2)

RE: New expensive cpacitors - sherod 15:00:35 03/24/16 (0)

RE: New expensive cpacitors - SirAnthony 16:59:47 08/26/15 (0)

RE: New expensive cpacitors - fantja 18:01:17 08/17/15 (3)

Here is Parts Express's list of Audin True Coppers - jeffreybehr 15:54:00 08/18/15 (2)

RE: Here is Parts Express's list of Audin True Coppers - Ric Schultz 09:52:20 08/23/15 (1)

...ahem...thx, Ric. :-) (NT) - jeffreybehr 15:34:22 08/25/15 (0)

RE: New expensive cpacitors - vinnie2 03:22:18 08/17/15 (0)

cApacitors are the new cables - madisonears 21:10:08 08/16/15 (9)

RE: cApacitors are the new cables - SirAnthony 21:29:48 08/16/15 (8)

RE: cApacitors are the new cables - Lew 07:07:35 08/19/15 (3)

Vcaps - Barry 07:00:21 08/31/15 (2)

Thanks for the response, regardless of the timing... - Lew 07:32:33 09/01/15 (1)

RE: TC Caps - mrplatte 09:49:18 09/03/15 (0)

parallel caps - madisonears 09:32:44 08/17/15 (2)

RE: parallel caps - SirAnthony 21:17:18 08/17/15 (0)

RE: parallel caps - beautox 14:03:29 08/17/15 (0)

RE: cApacitors are the new cables - aupiho 02:23:03 08/17/15 (0)

RE: New expensive cpacitors - beautox 14:14:30 08/16/15 (0)

RE: New expensive cpacitors - aupiho 01:20:56 08/16/15 (1)

I am interested in Jupiter Copper, too - Lew 07:49:55 08/16/15 (0)

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RE: cApacitors are the new cables - Lew 07:07:35 08/19/15 (3)

Vcaps - Barry 07:00:21 08/31/15 (2)

Thanks for the response, regardless of the timing... - Lew 07:32:33 09/01/15 (1)

RE: TC Caps - mrplatte 09:49:18 09/03/15 (0)

RE: cApacitors are the new cables

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