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madisonears

In Reply to: RE: Auricap - Love them posted by KIS on July 25, 2012 at 00:57:52

A killer cap I have recently auditioned in coupling duty is the Audyn True Copper. I tried Clarity SA (dull, dull, dull), Mundorf SIO (sweetly detailed highs and mids with weak bass--for tweeters only), Obbligato copper tube (echo chamber effect), Fostex copper foil (tonally beautiful but flat soundstage), Sonicap Gen I (best value, for sure: nice tonality, a little rolled off, very spacious, but subtly resonant midrange), and Mundorf silver/gold bypass (no bypass is acceptable--sounded like two stereos playing at once). The Audyn cap, available directly from Germany but not in US, is the most realistic cap I have ever heard. It creates a 3D soundstage, has a warm, detailed high end, blah, blah, blah. It's the best I've heard, period. Not for everyone, as it will not give you a clear complexion, whiter teeth, or sweet breath, but it will play music and nothing but music in a more realistic way than anything else that costs less than a hundred bucks. It's not cheap, but it is the cheapest copper foil/poly film cap available, even with shipping. I have never experienced the "emotion" of music so thoroughly.

I recommend that you do not attempt using a cheap large value cap with a high quality small value bypass cap for coupling duties. I have never heard a suitable combination in that application. You are better off compromising with a single less costly cap.

Peace,
Tom E

Follow Ups:

Why didn't you try the SoniCap Platinum? nt - andyr 01:58:37 08/06/12 (0)
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Just double checking ... - KIS 09:39:30 07/30/12 (3)
I hope to be using them as coupling caps and not in a speaker cross over. What are the circumstances of your experience with Audyn True Copper?
- Try double reading instead - madisonears 16:22:11 07/30/12 (2)
  You could understand the incoherent rambling of Samra above, but not the first sentence of my post? Exactly where did I lose you? After the words "coupling duty"?
  - I got lost, too, - QuadTodd 15:09:21 07/31/12 (1)
    right at the "for tweeters only". Are the sonic descriptions for coupling duties or speaker crossovers? It reads like the latter unless you biamp/triamp and use high frequency amps...
    - Okay, okay - madisonears 17:06:45 07/31/12 (0)
      The original post and the first sentence in my response address coupling duty specifically. I made a comment about one cap that is superb for use with tweeters only because its uneven frequency response makes it unsuitable for coupling, meaning, yes, use it in crossovers. All the descriptions refer to trials as coupling caps, that is: DC blocking caps at the input of an amplifier, or output caps on a source device. No other mention of crossovers was made. Clear enough?
RE: Sonicaps are okay, but - KIS 20:51:49 07/27/12 (1)
Thanks Tom.

Very useful information.

When I searched Audyn Cap:

http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/tweaks/messages/18/184393.html

Which is the one that you are recommending?

Cheers
Will
- True Copper - madisonears 16:06:24 07/28/12 (0)
  Just so you know that there is some corroboration of my opinion, I recommended this cap to two people who build their own amps. Both of them tried it, and both agree that it is superior to every other cap they've tried for coupling duty.
  
  Have you seen Tony Gee's review of caps at Humble Homemade Hifi? He tests caps in crossovers, but I have found that his conclusions roughly translate to line level duties. I don't always agree with his opinions, but that's where I got the idea to try them. He rates them slightly better than Mundorf Silver/Gold in Oil, just behind the Duelund caps, which cost five times as much. I don't mean to rave about them (I guess maybe I do), but I really wish they had a higher profile. Too bad there is no US distributor.
  
  If you really want to upgrade and not just buy "another flavor" cap, you should get out your wallet. It hurts only until you hear them! I would welcome your impressions should you decide to try them out.
  
  Peace,
  Tom E

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