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In Reply to: RE: Go with Obbligato Gold Premium capacitors..... posted by Duster on December 14, 2014 at 14:33:00
Hi,
I need 1uf(can be low voltage), .047uf 400v, 4.7uf(can be low voltage), 6800pf(can be low voltage), .033uf(can be low voltage).
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I agree with Winston here; Obligatto gold are the best lower price cap I've tried. And although I haven't tried every cap in the world, I have tried several dozen. And no, I didn't measure the frequency response (although I could have done so should I have wanted to), because it's meaningless as a predictor of sound quality.
Thanks I will try them for sure and I appreciate you sharing your experience. The dozens of caps you tried were they all lower budget or some expensive ones too?
They range from ones that cost a couple of dollars up to a hundred plus dollars. I did also recently try some expensive Duelands, but they were brand new and apparently not broken in.
Oh ok well thats quite a range did you notice any correlation between price and performance? I have decided that because this is my first foray into high end coupling capacitors that I would try a number of different brands in the" budget bracket" and see. So I ordered Obbligato premium gold, Audyn plus, Jantzen superior Z, Solen silver, and Audiocap theta which by the way seems a much maligned capacitor for some reason. I will see if any of those do it for me if not I will be forced to venture into the high end bracket.
Interesting range of choices. You left out a very competitive candidate: Sonicap Gen I. Cheap and very high quality, which answers your initial question.
I would tell you why the Auricap Theta's aren't highly regarded, but it might bias your own trials.
Please let us know the results of your experiment. Your results do not need to agree with experts or anyone else to be valid and useful for others. It's all subjective.
Keep in mind that cap break-in is a very real effect. You should be able to hear some significant change within the span of a single CD. With low level signals such as coupling duty, expect the majority of change to occur after at least twenty hours, and sometimes as much as a hundred, of steadily passing a signal. There are a very few exceptions, such as Mundorf Silver/Oil and some teflon caps, that take longer. If you remove caps and put them back in later, maintain the same signal path direction. Initially, it doesn't seem to make much difference. Caps should not be allowed to hang free in the air, supported only by their leads; they should be supported by something solid and damped to resist vibration.
Peace,
Tom E
Sure sure absolutely I'll let you know. I thought I'd include a couple of underdogs. I am going to hook them all up to the output of my tuner and run it for a couple of days.
You agree with Winston? You mentioned he was a customer and a friend; and (in my eyes) an unabashed supporter of your products with an almost child-like glee bordering on hysteria.And frequency response is meaningless as a predictor of sound quality? That's embarrassing to read. You two guys are doing a disservice to this site.
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it's not working now I am wondering if you have some agenda? Give it a break you made you point a long time ago. Best regards Moray James.
moray james
Hello guys,
Im new here. Just a few of my experiences with couplers on my 45 set amp. I like the russian k40y and k75 for their tonal beauty. Both caps I think have a nice flow.to the.music that is involving but the k75 are a lil darker. Ive compared them against the rike audio s cap and.prefer the k40 to it for.naturalness.... the rikes are dynamic but I think a sounds a little thin and sometimes artificial. The best I have used are duelund cast cu.
Thanks
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