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In Reply to: RE: What are the better electrolytic caps now ? posted by janis on January 27, 2015 at 10:10:02
I know the FC has been popular for some time and frankly, all caps require burn in time/forming and if that is not given then I don't think a review of caps is valid.
I am wondering if there are any more current recommendations.
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Are you considering the Elna Silmics he says come out on top (even over the Black Gate) for him? I have read that Nelson Pass seems to think highly of the sound of the Silmic.
There's a guy on AudioKarma who does listening tests to various electrolytics in a piece of SS Marantz gear. He liked Elna Silmics best too. A search of AK should turn that up for you, if you're interested.
I've used Black Gate in the past, along with the Panasonic FM, or FC when the correct FM value wasn't available. Based on the recommendation of Nelson Pass, and the AK comparison article, I've bought Silmics to try in my next few projects.
Good luck with your search.
I know I have some around here somewhere. I have hundreds of caps in so many types from oil, to teflon but of course what i need here are the electrolytics. The thing with the Black Gates is that they take a long time for form and some people, even after a few hundred hours, give up and conclude they aren't as good as some say. I have done that to only put them back in the circuit and let them work away. They can take many hundreds of hours to the point that some will say it is the person adjusting and not the cap but I have used a control to compare them to, in another amp, and they do change, for the better.I am thinking of socketing, with very low profile tight sockets, my map to try out different caps. The amp is very revealing and changes sound with resistors or any caps, to the point that you don't have to squint your ears to hear the difference. :^)
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Me too
here is some more interesting info
extensibly and has what I would call "extreme" knowledge of the sound and application. He doesn't like the Silmic at all. Feeling that take rather than give to the music. The definition go down and the bass quality is decreased.
Also he doesn't like the FR and feels they are not a replacement and the older version for audio, is better.
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Thanks, I've used Black Gates and the Panasonic FC, I think I'll stick with the later as I like them, readily avaible and affordable.
the FC is one of his favorites. I have them in a different amp right now and they do really well in all areas, IMO.
Black Gates are too expensive and hard to get to be practical.
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on Saturday.
It's all good. I am going to keep the caps at 470uF plus bypass for + and - on each channel. Right now they are 220uF X 4 total. So I am double the capacitance but I like the response of the amp, fast and transparent.
iBasso DX100,DX50 DX90. Chord Hugo. HiFiman 901 balanced. RSA Intruder, The Lightning. Fostex TH900 balanced, Hifiman HE-6, 560, 500, JH13 Pro balanced. Lyr2, Audeze. All phones balanced mostly with Whiplash cables. Photo gallery: www.pbase.com/jamato8
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