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RE: Elna Silmic II caps?...

The one time in my DIY life that I ever used an electrolytic as a coupling capacitor, I did use a Silmic II, but I bypassed it with a 0.1uF teflon film capacitor. This was 10uF Silmic II bypassed by 0.1uF teflon. The combo was excellent sounding. About a year ago, I removed these capacitors in favor of a 10uF bipolar Nichicon Muse capacitor with no bypass at all. After months of break-in, I think the sound is quite comparable to what I had before; I cannot be sure it's any better but maybe.

However, mostly I use Silmic II as power supply or decoupling capacitors in solid state gear, e.g., in my Klyne preamplifier, and to my ear the results are excellent. One guru opined that because of their unique construction, the Silmic II's actually produce less distortion than most conventional small value, low voltage electrolytics. I have no idea whether that's true, but his endorsement may be the reason why the "internet" ranks them so high.

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