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In Reply to: V-Cap TFTF Passive Components posted by wjgruenewald on October 13, 2004 at 13:12:34:
Do you really own these caps? I have no record of these caps being sent to you. If so, I will take them back and issue a 100% refund, and I'll EVEN throw-in all shipping costs. If you'd like to keep them, I will pay you a crisp $50 bill if you can post your order number for these caps. I will post a followup to this thread that you actually owned them and returned for a refund. Otherwise, your "comments" are suspect, IMHO. I'll post back in a week if you haven't returned your caps or provided me with your order number.Put up or shut up.
As far as the "hype" around the V-Caps, if you call actual user reviews hype, then what about the fact that most of your posts to Audio Asylum are pimping Ansar caps (which may be a fine cap BTW)?
Follow Ups:
Thanks for the offer!! Actually, I would never own these capacitors, for the following reasons:1: The equipement that these caps were installed into did'nt do anything for me - ARC Ref ll pre and phonostage, Dr. Arthur Loesch pre.
2: Cost - I simply would refuse to "pay that type of money" for a part that I now know would not be satisfactory in my applications.
3: The percieved "bed-fellow" syndrom regarding the "hype" with the V-Cap modification of the Hurricanes.
4: My extensive experience with the Ansar caps in my system leaves not doubt in my mind which is the most neutral cap to be had to date, and I tried most of them.
5: My response to your add regarding the V-Cap insofar as "Capacitor Ageing" is concerned - ie. - snake-oil!!
In closing, allow me to say this: I hope that the promise of your product will be "positive" for you - that is, after all, what you are after!!
Thank you for "exposing" my previous (I think 14 posts)to the various boards. One-track mind you say - damn right. Appears that we "do not" agree on anything, except that the Ansars are indeed very special!!
Cheers, William
Clarification regarding point 1 of the previous message: The ARC REF ll belonges to my brother. I had both units - actually all 3 units - ARC Phono for approximately 7 month I removed the V-CAP and replaced same with Ansar SPA Audio-Grade, silver, 1.1mm leads, 1% tolerance. Regarding the Dr. Arthur Loesch Pre: Removed "all" V-CAPS and installed SPA Grade Silvers. To me, the results were predictable: Soundstage opened up significantly with the Loesch. No "artificial" flavors in both pre-amps. Image-focus tightened significantly, midrange and bass now had more definition and extension. This all happened after the equipment reaching "thermal equilibrium" - about I hour into warm-up. No dicernable improvement regarding the Ansar's since initial warm-up. Yes, I probably could get you the V-CAP from their owners. I'll certainly won't loose any sleep over retrieving those V-Caps. However, if I am able to do this, and providing that they still have these devices, I will "overnight" these to you, gratis!! I'll do even better than that: I'll include complete specifications of the 3 types of Ansar capacitors available: PPA, CPA,& SPA grades, compromising approximately 210 different value capacitors between those groups. And if your really nice to me, I might even be talked into a "freebie sample" for you!!
You said: Clarification regarding point 1 of the previous message: The ARC REF ll belonges to my brother. I had both units - actually all 3 units - ARC Phono for approximately 7 monthUmm, the first sale of V-Caps was made in June. It's now October. That's 1, 2, 3, 4.... 4 months ago. If your "brother" had V-Caps installed in his unit at least 7 months ago, then I would suggest he should be nominated for the Nobel prize, since he has made the breathtaking discovery of time travel.
Next you state: Yes, I probably could get you the V-CAP from their owners.
I thought this was just one person's pre that the V-caps came out of? Did multiple people own this pre? Now we have multiple sources of the V-Caps you used?
I can appreciate you like your Ansar caps. There are MANY fine caps in this world, but to disparage a cap that you've NEVER HEARD to call attention to one you like is rather underhanded, IMHO.
Actually, to answer once again your questions, there were a total of 3 units, the ARC REF ll, its Phono Stage, and a Dr. Arthur Loesch design pre-amp - thats three, no?? The parts (your stuff) was sourced not by me - I just put them in!! Maybe I was wrong in my 7 month estimate - so what! To flately state that I "never heard" your V-Cap is totally wrong, and therin lies its major shortcoming: One can hear the damn thing!! Furthermore, one can hear it not only at 10 hours, but at 50, at 100, at 200, at 400, at 600, etc. Will it ever form?? I suppose that with your product installed one has to "hope that it will sound good as it did yesterday", but may not tomorrow!! So much for consistancy. You may be able to "fool" these kids with your fancy advertisements, I personally like those "rave" testimonials, but you can't fool somebody with over 40 years of experience with these things. (No, I'm not talking about your V-Cap here, lest you accuse me of additional "time travel"), but of electronics in general!! When was the last time you actually tried to "solder"?? Maybe you never have - no? Ever done any 'prototyping' - don't know what that is - thought so. How about winding your own transformers?? Oh well - I guess it comes down to "anything for a buck" - no??
I await the return of the parts, or for you to provide the order number... I'm done playing your little game.
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