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RE: "I tried the Wima DC Link caps in my electronics and did not like them at all"

Posted by drlowmu on March 12, 2017 at 13:26:57:
Hello,
I could see what you are saying - and hearing - with a DC LINK all alone.
I always use a DC LINK as the " main cap", one in a bundle of caps, to get a certain total wanted uF value. Across it ( bypassing the DC LINK ), I put carefully selected additional film caps, much smaller in uF values, to voice the circuit, particularly if its a Single Ended circuit, until it sounds correct by ear. This is precisely how one gets a wideband-sounding single ended circuit.
Usually, one would add four to seven additional film caps, specific values, high in quality, all done by ear, as part of a bundle.
IMHO, no one cap, on its own, used alone, can do what a carefully selected bundle does, to play wideband, correct sounding, etc in a SE amplifier circuit. Same would apply to a speaker crossover.
Jeff Medwin