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Why is it never about the money? Yet, ....

Posted by DAK on February 16, 2017 at 11:11:06:
It must be good to be unfettered by financial constraints. My point was if you spend that much money for a cap, it had better sound better. If i installed those V caps i would probably have that mind set at the beginning. You read about them in the Capacitor Shoot out and the authors gave that Vcap one of the highest ratings. So, if i install them they will make my equipment sound better than the caps that have the lower ratings, right?
Well, i must disagree that to have a "musical" amp i need to install Vcaps and therefore, my amp with Russian teflons is not musical.
In my opinion is that the FT caps do their job with minimal influence if any. Their only drawback being their physically large size.
As far as "musicality" that sounds like a subjective term and i won't comment on something that is dependent on a listeners perspective.