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In Reply to: RE: Go with Obbligato Gold Premium capacitors..... posted by Winston Smith on December 14, 2014 at 10:25:44
U.B. has a point. You always go off on a no-holds-barred endorsement of everything you recommend, without a shred of evidence to back-up ANY of your claims other than your own personal impressions. That's fine, to a certain extent. We all enjoy reading about other's subjective experiences, but they're not always claiming they've found the best of everything, bar none, and that makes much more sense.
Winston, please just moderate your statements about this or that always being the best in existence, without reservation. It demeans the value of your opinions, which otherwise have great value.
No, I don't believe you're in cahoots with PC or Obbligato.
I've tried those caps myself in coupling capacity in very revealing amplifiers, and they were definitely not the best I heard. They are good value and exhibit nice transparency and tonality, but they're not the most accurate caps out there. I found they impart an artificial spaciousness, almost a reverb effect, to all music. It is initially very beguiling, but, after careful evaluation, not completely accurate: all music sounds as if playing inside a cathedral. I like my organ music that way, but not a jazz quartet.
By the way, the cap I ended up with is Audyn True Copper, available from, of all places, Parts Express, or ordered directly from Germany. PE now carries them at the suggestion of others who have tried them, based on my recommendation. They are the lowest price PP film and copper foil cap available.
Of course, every application, system, and listener will have different experiences.
Peace,
Tom E
Follow Ups:
You don't like my enthusiasm? Tough. Get over it. Some people do. We're not all here to please Tom, now, are we? (Or do you really believe that?)
He wanted CHEAP caps that sound good. Are the Audyns even close in price to the Obbs? Let's see. A 1.0uF/630VDC Audyn True Copper is $46.14. And an Obbligato of the exact same value was $11.20 on sale from Parts Connexion. Are the Audyn 4.5 times better? I wouldn't know. But they sure are 4.5 times the Obbs price, aren't they?
So you don't like Obbligatos. Fine. You said your piece. You made your opinions known.
But as for your personal criticism of how I express myself, stuff it. If you don't like what I write, don't read it. Simple as that.
So the real Winston comes out from behind the pretense of fawning politeness and deference. Everything's cool until someone doesn't bless your inflated prose. I tried to be diplomatic, yet you respond with name calling and belligerence, which are neither helpful nor constructive. I plan to not give your gushing reviews any credence in the future because you do not know how to qualify your opinions. That's a shame, because you have knowledge and experience and an entertaining style. Your enthusiasm is certainly welcome, but a lack of perspective possibly indicates a problem in judgment, which invalidates opinions. You certainly don't need to write to please me, but people might find your reviews more credulous if you weren't always over the moon to recommend everything.The OP asked for cap recommendations and whether price made a difference, not for cheap caps. I gave my opinion that Audyn True Copper, in my experience, is better than the OG, and probably worth the difference in price, every penny of $46. Compared to the extravagant Duelund's and any other copper foil cap, they're a ridiculous bargain and probably one of the few legitimately priced boutique parts. If the OP wants real value in coupling caps, Sonicap Gen I is better in some ways than the OG's and even lower cost. Unlike you, I have tried both OG and TC, but did not claim my preference is the best in the world.
Trying to make peace,
Tom E
Edits: 12/15/14
.... there is no further reason to read anything I post, eh?
Excellent! That's absolutely fine with me. No problem at all. I welcome it.
Because if being 'diplomatic' to you is openly telling someone you don't like their style of expression, I'd prefer you keep your diplomacy to yourself. I will not bother you; please do not bother me.
Much of the time, 'peaceful coexistence' simply refers to successfully ignoring one another.
That would be just fine with me.
or maybe you didn't read and remember these entries from very recently. Not an absolutist, 100% of the time:
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A neutral party.
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