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RE: I agree - avoid bypasses like the plague

Posted by drlowmu on July 9, 2015 at 23:14:11:
Andy,

From my experiences, and a fairly good understanding of this subject, you made at least three or four mistakes in this experimenting you reported above to us.

(1) One day is nothing !!!

(2) Do you know, have a good handle, on what values play what part of the music's spectrum? Likely you don't know what values to use.

(3) Only the very best film capacitors can possibly work on Rk Bypassing.

For example, Mundorf Silver and Oil would be a good minimum single brand suggestion.

Q : Were any and all of the film caps you used equal or better than that?

I would guess not.

It takes lots of listening, thought, insight, and money to do this right.

The above fact, (and the three points I outline above ), is where most DIYers will certainly fail.

Dennis Fraker is the only person "I" know of in tube audio, who knows how to do this really well, and since about 1989 BTW !!

Jeff Medwin