Coupling capacitors. Which is best?

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Posted by Presto (A) on March 20, 2008 at 11:58:19

Hey gang:

I know many people have varied opinions on which caps are best, but I just wanted to get a sample of opinions anyways.

I plan to mod my Behrigner DCX 2496 to a passive output, cap coupled, straight off the DAC (which is a voltage output DAC) with only a 2nd order filter.

I have heard that polypropylene+foil is good, foil+oil is the bomb, mylar can be okay (PET), and metallized polypropylene is not bad either. Although I might spring for auricaps or dynamicaps ($30/cap) I don't want to spend more than that. $800 teflons are not in the budget.

I was thinking Solen PA/PB metallized (cheap) or Solen SB/SA film+foil (about $30). I could get Auricaps for $34/each. I need six total, which affects my budget somewhat.

I need 6.8uF. I can use 4.7+2.2, or even a straight 7 might work.

Any ideas? Thanks!

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Topic - Coupling capacitors. Which is best? - Presto 11:58:19 03/20/08 (16)

RE: Coupling capacitors. Which is best? - BobM 13:31:20 03/24/08 (2)

RE: Coupling capacitors. Which is best? - Presto 22:17:12 03/24/08 (1)

RE: Coupling capacitors. Which is best? - BobM 06:47:35 03/26/08 (0)

How about SONICAPS. Anyone? (nt) - Presto 13:58:29 03/23/08 (0)

Depending on how hi-end you want to go... - bevo 09:14:57 03/21/08 (0)

Thanks to all who responded... I think... - Presto 21:59:17 03/20/08 (2)

RE: Thanks to all who responded... I think... - reb 05:33:17 03/21/08 (1)

This is the game plan: - Presto 23:22:05 03/21/08 (0)

Option: Jantzen Z-Superior Capacitor... - Duster 18:20:15 03/20/08 (0)

RE: whats your budget for the 6 caps. - reb 16:47:47 03/20/08 (0)

I did my own cap shootout - Jon L 16:14:16 03/20/08 (0)

RE: Coupling capacitors. Which is best? - ned664 15:19:51 03/20/08 (0)

Capacitor Shootout - Paul_A 14:45:03 03/20/08 (3)

This "comparison" is nonsense. - sser2 19:18:20 03/22/08 (2)

RE: This "comparison" is nonsense. - Presto 16:22:04 03/23/08 (1)

This was almost exactly my point. - sser2 17:40:56 03/23/08 (0)

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