Home Tweakers' Asylum

Tweaks for systems, rooms and Do It Yourself (DIY) help. FAQ.

After all these years, I've settled on SoniCap Platinums in critical applications...

...Cardas Golden Ratios when I want to spend less money, and SoniCap Gen. 1s and 2s in less-critical applications. I've also had good luck with Mundorf Supreme Silver/Oils, but only where they'll face at least 25% less then their 1200VDC rating. I used one pair of 1500VDC AuriCaps in an ASL 805 SET in the parafeed coupling position that shorted or opened a pair of 1200V. Mundorfs.

I try to replace 'lytics in powersupplies with film caps. I've used both Solen metallized 'propylenes (MPs) and motor-run oil-impregnated MPs in PSs with very good results. Here's an ASL Hurricane with one each in parallel in the 2nd pole.
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I used SoniCap Platinums in the 1st coupling position and Cardas GRs in the 2nd position of these amps.

I'm sort of working on a pair of Music Reference EM7 SETs and probably will use SoniCap Platinums as couplers.

W, if I started soldering on opamps, probably the unit wouldn't work when I finished. I just stay away from them. Both my Denon 2900 multidisc and my Toshiba HD DVD players are absolutely stock.
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