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In Reply to: RE: i'd rate this report a c+ posted by reb on April 23, 2008 at 14:49:18
Can you direct me to one that you would rate an "A"? Thanks.
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is of course the one you do yourself with your own system, given your tastes and prejudices. Seems like a cop-out, I know, but it is *completely* true. I for one am doing it myself and chronicling my findings (see link).This way, at least you know the results will be valid for your own use :)
you were going to post your results. anything to report yet?
It's the last entry on my thread. I added that a few weeks ago with *some* reservations about the cap, but you know what, I still haven't taken them out!
Every time it occurs to me I need to try the other caps laying on my floor (Sonicap Platinum, another pair of Mundorf Gold/Silver, etc), the music sounds so darn compelling I haven't been able to bring myself to "change anything," if you know what I mean :)
lower level caps like PPMFX make for a great base cap to which you then bypass. Its easy to imprint the harmonic overtones of styrene/teflon/oil etc. into the signal. On the other hand, if you use a base cap that is very rich and full of harmonic bloom. Its much harder to hear what a bypass cap is doing. I like the combination of ZN or SM bypassed with styrene+tinfoil. IME styrene+tinfoil has a 3 dimensional layered sound and tonal sweetness to the highs that is not often found in other types of caps.
Your post on Head-fi seems a good review of a good few popular caps. I was a bit dismayed having read the other two reviews on their impression of the Jupiters, which I currently have on order to use as bypasses (for Ansar Supersounds) in my maggie speaker X-over upgrade.
What I have heard other sources other than these two reviews were similar to your impressions of the Jupiter sound - lush but still detailed. I also think that they are better suited to X-over applications rather than in amps - esp. phono stages with high gain or where any sonic attributes may be amplified by later stages and interactions with other parts.
Hence the reason I'm using them in the X-over just to 'flesh out' the top end a bit in the X-over. BTW the only reason I went for ansars is I need a 75uF for the bass panel and a 30uF for the tweeter - and that could be seriously pricey in most other polypropylenes!! FYI - I'm using North Creek inductors (12awg) for bass and Alpha core 12awg foils for the tweeter.
Anyway, thanks for the review link, I'll be posting my results on the X-over once it is complete (ie. once my inductors turn up from NC). My next upgrade will probably be to swap out the Jupiters for Mundorf silver/oils, & duelunds at the top end :D ....when I get the cash that is.
I want to order some more, but I was waiting for the "latest revision" with supposedly better heat tolerance.
And I wouldn't worry about your Jupiters. It's one of my "secret" caps I want to kind of keep under cover so the prices don't hike. Other than the heat issue, it's a great cap..
I ordered them from Sonic Craft in the US & got them shipped over here to the UK.
BTW - Seems my comments regarding my inductors not having arrived from North Creek were misguided - it was parcelforce here in the UK that failed to both deliver the goods and inform me that they were available for collection.....just as well I managed to sort it out before they got sent back to the US :P
Anyway, I'm looking forward to putting it all together this weekend.
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