As long as we are talking caps.

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I put a few on display here.I have many of the mainstream caps auricaps,Hovlands,Sonicaps,Rel multicaps RTX,audiocap theta,SC gen 2 and SC plats.Out of all the mainstream caps I mentioned,the only ones I like are the Soniccaps amd especially the plat teflons.
Now,take a look at the rest of the caps.I only posted a couple examples of each but the Russian k40y-9 as well as the KBGS,as well as the Russian silver mica SSGs and the FT2 teflons,stomp everyone of those caps for price,performance,and then we get the vitQs and those babies are in a league by themselves.
Now,I mix caps a bit in rebuilds because as Jim McShane says,you don't want to have your amp or preamp sounding like a cap.
Yes,I like AN coppers and Jensen pio caps very much to but,they are very expensive and I have found the Russian caps to run pretty close to those if not beat them..The KBGs are a hell of a cap if you can fit them in..The Russian silver micas are absolutely incredible..Whats nice about the Russian caps is they can be had cheap..I didn't post any silver micas or kbgs but someone can chime in that uses them.I can post them later.The brown k40s you see are very good and the brown paint is an insulator.
The SC plats are paper in oil like their presentation.I use them in my more expensive rebuilds as well as the Russian tefloms amd pio caps.The paper in oil caps give you that layered sonic richness that we have come to love in our tube gear.The Auricaps I have found to be a little too mushy by comparison.The gray cap on the left is another type of vit q pio cap...You might also look at Jupiter Beeswax caps as they are really nice.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken

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Topic - As long as we are talking caps. - Michael Samra 00:29:09 07/27/12 (10)

What do you recomend for tweeters? - Sccholl 05:57:20 08/19/12 (0)

RE: As long as we are talking caps. - Palustris 09:44:48 08/04/12 (0)

Thoughts on mixing caps - BobM 06:07:40 07/31/12 (1)

My thoughts on mixing caps - madisonears 17:39:38 07/31/12 (0)

PIO Cap - KIS 23:01:55 07/27/12 (5)

RE: PIO Cap - Michael Samra 18:06:35 07/28/12 (4)

So the 200v is not a DC rating? - John PA 19:11:03 07/28/12 (3)

It is a rating but being its a military teflon cap - Michael Samra 19:53:11 07/29/12 (2)

RE: It is a rating but being its a military teflon cap - KIS 08:57:31 07/30/12 (1)

RE: It is a rating but being its a military teflon cap - wheezer 22:59:48 08/24/12 (0)

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