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Cardas Golden Ratio questions

Posted by Lew (A) on January 11, 2007 at 20:10:49

In Reply to: Re: Re RTX etc. posted by Robert F on January 11, 2007 at 17:36:45:

While I have great respect for the Cardas line of audio products, their ICs have never been my ultimate cup of tea, due to the fact that in my system they seem to homogenize the sound, in the sense that I hear a pleasant coloration and a smidgeon of dullness at the frequency extremes. Would you (or Jeffrey) say that the Golden Ratio caps recapitulate the qualities of their ICs (for better or worse) or are they more neutral than the ICs, I hope?

Up to this thread, I never knew that Cardas even had a line of capacitors. I googled them and identified several vendors, but nowhere does anyone say whether these are metallized polypropylene or polypropylene film and foil types. (Instead, the Cardas sight and the vendors tend to rhapsodize over the "golden ratio" winding technique.) Does anyone know whether they're metallized vs F&F? Further, it seems they are available with Litz wire leads or with solid core tinned copper leads. Which type have you guys been listening to?

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