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RE: Are two capacitors in parallel just as good as one sonically?

In my experience it is usually even better to parallel a couple of the same value -- depending on the capacitor and how it is wound and the type of cap -- generally doesn't work as well with electrolytics or quadrature wound caps klike mundorf andv-caps, but plain ol' film and foil and PIOs sound better to me when paralleled and the ends swapped so that the inside-out direction of the winding is split evenly between both halves of the AC waveform. On the other hand, it may have nothing whatsoever to do with this and may simply be a matter of halving the ESR of the cap.

I'll be doing it in my rebuilt s.e.x. amp and in stereomour or paramounts, whatever comes next, in the coupling cap position. Not sure it would do anything in the parafeed position though it wouldn't hurt to try.

HTH,

Jim

P.S. -- I match or get all my caps matched when they are used in both sides of an amp.


-- Jim Rebman

Audio is in the hear and now.


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