Anyone have an opinion on the SQ of different brands of these caps in SET-amp powersupplies? I'm thinking about replacing the four 47uF/630 Solen fastcap 'propylenes in my Coincident Frankenstein IIs and am considering GALCO/GEs, CDEs, and ASCs.
See linked thread.
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Topic - Sound quality of modern motor-run caps in tubed powersupplies? - jeffreybehr 18:03:32 03/21/14 (17)
- RE: Sound quality of modern motor-run caps in tubed powersupplies? - Retsel 10:32:12 04/10/14 (0)
- RE: Sound quality of modern motor-run caps in tubed powersupplies? - Qman 14:24:43 03/26/14 (1)
- Q, do you know or could you check--is the Obbligato... - jeffreybehr 16:19:23 04/08/14 (0)
- Address the sound quality of ELECTROLYTICS on every Rk in the amp. - drlowmu 08:53:23 03/25/14 (10)
- I certainly agree with that and had already planned to replace the cathode-bypass... - jeffreybehr 17:33:36 03/25/14 (8)
- RE: I certainly agree with that and had already planned to replace the cathode-bypass... - drlowmu 10:37:52 03/26/14 (4)
- Well, Jeff, I'm glad I'm not that golden-eared. What I'll end up with... - jeffreybehr 17:12:09 03/26/14 (0)
- I suppose 'Rk' is used somewhere, but pls save me time and tell me what it means. (NT) - jeffreybehr 14:43:43 03/26/14 (2)
- C2, C3 and C6 on the schematic you posted (nt) - JJ Triode 14:07:03 03/27/14 (0)
- RESISTOR, Kathode. ( nt ) - drlowmu 08:58:10 03/27/14 (0)
- RE: I certainly agree with that and had already planned to replace the cathode-bypass... - Michael Samra 20:37:40 03/25/14 (2)
- Mike, these are BlackGates, the best-sounding "'lytics" man has ever made. - jeffreybehr 14:40:37 03/26/14 (1)
- RE: Mike, these are BlackGates, the best-sounding "'lytics" man has ever made. - Michael Samra 19:35:29 03/27/14 (0)
- I agree on this point. - JJ Triode 10:18:46 03/25/14 (0)
- RE: Sound quality of modern motor-run caps in tubed powersupplies? - Stuben 07:55:09 03/22/14 (0)
- Let me clarify. - Michael Samra 07:06:27 03/22/14 (0)
- Have you gotten poor sound from the Solens in other power supplies? - JJ Triode 21:56:45 03/21/14 (0)