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Elna Silmic II caps?...

It's been one week now that I've recapped my Korn&Macway preamp with Elna Silmic II.

Am still not convinced with the sound, tho... It sounded amazing after just replacing the two big filter caps with ROE new old stock, but replacing all the smaller decoupling electrolytics didn't bring such a great improvement so far.
Considering the premap is about 30 years old, maybe a bit more, I was gonna replace them anyways, but I'm not sure about my choice.

It's been opening much after about 20hours of playing, the first day was really terrible, but I still find the sound to have a slightly nasal, muffled quality, with treble that lacks a bit life and dynamics.

I had recapped my Revox CD player with the same caps with great results, but I suspect a preamplifier circuit might be more sensitive to the choice of caps.

Is Silmic II a "bad choice"? They're considered by many as the finest electrolytic for smaller values; some prefer cerafines or Nichicon KZ tho

or do I need to play them a bit longer?
I heard they need 100hours to bed in, but if they become even more dull, it's just gonna be worse

anybody experienced the same thing with those caps?



Edits: 06/09/16
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Topic - Elna Silmic II caps?... - KanedaK 05:31:48 06/09/16 (37)
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