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I will have to try some. .

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In Reply to: RE: Since you read the article posted by 1973shovel on January 28, 2015 at 05:50:45

I know I have some around here somewhere. I have hundreds of caps in so many types from oil, to teflon but of course what i need here are the electrolytics. The thing with the Black Gates is that they take a long time for form and some people, even after a few hundred hours, give up and conclude they aren't as good as some say. I have done that to only put them back in the circuit and let them work away. They can take many hundreds of hours to the point that some will say it is the person adjusting and not the cap but I have used a control to compare them to, in another amp, and they do change, for the better.
I am thinking of socketing, with very low profile tight sockets, my map to try out different caps. The amp is very revealing and changes sound with resistors or any caps, to the point that you don't have to squint your ears to hear the difference. :^)

iBasso DX100,DX50 DX90. Chord Hugo. HiFiman 901 balanced. RSA Intruder, The Lightning. Fostex TH900 balanced, Hifiman HE-6, 560, 500, JH13 Pro balanced. Lyr2, Audeze. All phones balanced mostly with Whiplash cables. Photo gallery: www.pbase.com/jamato8

Edits: 01/28/15

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RE: I will have to try some. . - Cpk 15:20:38 01/28/15 (4)
Me too

here is some more interesting info
- http://www.elna-america.com/tech_audio_series.php (Open in New Window)
- Emailed with a person who has used all of these. . - John PA 09:20:23 01/29/15 (2)
  extensibly and has what I would call "extreme" knowledge of the sound and application. He doesn't like the Silmic at all. Feeling that take rather than give to the music. The definition go down and the bass quality is decreased.
  
  Also he doesn't like the FR and feels they are not a replacement and the older version for audio, is better.
  
  iBasso DX100,DX50 DX90. Chord Hugo. HiFiman 901 balanced. RSA Intruder, The Lightning. Fostex TH900 balanced, Hifiman HE-6, 560, 500, JH13 Pro balanced. Lyr2, Audeze. All phones balanced mostly with Whiplash cables. Photo gallery: www.pbase.com/jamato8
  - RE: Emailed with a person who has used all of these. . - Cpk 05:50:23 01/30/15 (1)
    Thanks, I've used Black Gates and the Panasonic FC, I think I'll stick with the later as I like them, readily avaible and affordable.
    - Interesting. . - John PA 14:15:58 02/04/15 (0)
      the FC is one of his favorites. I have them in a different amp right now and they do really well in all areas, IMO.
      
      Black Gates are too expensive and hard to get to be practical.
      
      iBasso DX100,DX50 DX90. Chord Hugo. HiFiman 901 balanced. RSA Intruder, The Lightning. Fostex TH900 balanced, Hifiman HE-6, 560, 500, JH13 Pro balanced. Lyr2, Audeze. All phones balanced mostly with Whiplash cables. Photo gallery: www.pbase.com/jamato8
- I should have some . . - John PA 19:29:58 01/28/15 (0)
  on Saturday.
  
  It's all good. I am going to keep the caps at 470uF plus bypass for + and - on each channel. Right now they are 220uF X 4 total. So I am double the capacitance but I like the response of the amp, fast and transparent.
  
  iBasso DX100,DX50 DX90. Chord Hugo. HiFiman 901 balanced. RSA Intruder, The Lightning. Fostex TH900 balanced, Hifiman HE-6, 560, 500, JH13 Pro balanced. Lyr2, Audeze. All phones balanced mostly with Whiplash cables. Photo gallery: www.pbase.com/jamato8

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