Re: V-Cap roller coaster ride

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Posted by MaciekP on April 2, 2007 at 01:21:22

In Reply to: V-Cap roller coaster ride posted by gnugear on March 27, 2007 at 09:26:42:

I put 0.33uF V-CAP TFTF into my tube GM70 amp. It is only about 30 hours of break-in but I'm really impressed by the sound. I was using previously AN copper PIO, AN silver (!), Jensen CU PIO, Silver Mundors and recently Jupiter and ....V-CAP beats them all from the very beginning.
Amp setup consist of EML20B driver choke loaded and GM70 tube amp with amorphous OT.
V-CAP is very dynamic, warm but very detailed at the same time. Heights are extended. Mids has a great texture and realism.
Jupiter has a detail but has a light bass and is dynamically well behind V-CAP.
AN CU PIO has a warm and rich texture, but LF are not well defined and the overall sound is slow.
Jensen PIO has great midrange but the rest of the sound aspects are behind AN CU PIO.
AN silver has something strange in the sound. It is transparent but has an unpleasant tension in a sound. Something was always wrong.
Silver Mundorfs are great in crossovers but sound is terrible in electronics.

V-CAP is extremely natural and balanced, but also a bit dark despite its transparency. It is similar to fresh Black Gate caps sound. I hope, that after hundreds of break-in hours it will open even further.

It is the best cap I have ever tested!

I have ordered another pair of V-CAP caps for my tube DAC to put them at the output.

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Topic - V-Cap roller coaster ride - gnugear 09:26:42 03/27/07 (20)

Re: V-Cap roller coaster ride - MaciekP 01:21:22 04/02/07 (0)

Enjoy the ride, it's all you can do. - Response34 19:23:31 04/01/07 (1)

Re: Enjoy the ride, it's all you can do. - gnugear 20:28:03 04/01/07 (0)

Re: V-Cap roller coaster ride - Duomike 23:41:00 03/27/07 (6)

I tried 4.7 uF Russian teflon. - sser2 13:27:08 03/28/07 (5)

where can you get a 4.7 uF Russian teflon. - Gofast 12:24:29 03/30/07 (1)

Got mine on eBay. - sser2 17:36:00 03/30/07 (0)

Re: I tried 4.7 uF Russian teflon. - Duomike 00:44:45 03/30/07 (0)

Re: I tried 4.7 uF Russian teflon. - Curly Woods 14:39:50 03/28/07 (1)

Capacitor buzzing - sser2 17:35:15 03/28/07 (0)

Re: V-Cap roller coaster ride - sherod 15:17:11 03/27/07 (3)

Re: 400+ hours - cdb 18:40:21 03/27/07 (2)

Re: 400+ hours - sherod 18:47:04 03/27/07 (1)

Try making one of these... - ABliss 20:31:52 03/30/07 (0)

Re: V-Cap roller coaster ride - gnugear 13:32:32 03/27/07 (0)

Voicing Amps is like Cooking - Cappy 12:09:11 03/27/07 (0)

Which V-Cap? That's a brand name, not a cap model, and they make at least 2. (NT) - jeffreybehr 11:05:17 03/27/07 (0)

Hm, - Poindexter 10:47:30 03/27/07 (1)

"I never heard of a cap taking 400 hours to break in." I'm surprised to read that. - jeffreybehr 11:04:16 03/27/07 (0)

Re: V-Cap roller coaster ride - erik_squires@hotmail.com 10:36:31 03/27/07 (0)

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Re: V-Cap roller coaster ride - MaciekP 01:21:22 04/02/07 (0)

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