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RE: Do russian teflon capacitors lack musicality?

Posted by Lew on February 18, 2017 at 12:13:01:
Just to add my 2 cents, I disagree with the notion that cost and quality (both sound quality and build quality) inevitably go hand in hand. We all know about scams in the audio business. On an experiential level, I like the CuTf VCaps perhaps best of all in values at or above .015uF, but where they will fit and where they can take the voltage, I would rate the Russian SSG silver mica caps at least as highly as the CuTf's, perhaps even more transparent, at values below .015uF. And we know those are relatively very cheap.

The Russian FT Teflons are way up there too. Problem for me is they don't often fit the available space. They're YUUUUGGGGE. And I think I like the VCaps and the RELs a bit better, but just a bit. With break-in, the Russkie caps might even level the playing field. Meantime, there are a slew of boutique capacitors and resistors that are just so-so in sound quality. Not bad, but not ground-breaking either, at very high cost.