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In Reply to: Thankyou for the tips, some questions.... posted by Yashu on May 17, 2007 at 10:42:41:
" ....what brand or type of caps that would be good to try (IE what caps are considered "warm"?)"
For film caps, in general: Cardas, Auricaps, Solen; these are all PP, metalized film types.
For some of the other exotic caps, the entire realm of paper in oil types, foil and paper, etc.
"Do I use the same uF value caps as the old ones?"
Yes, as close as possible to the RATED capacitance of the old part, as printed on the cap body. The electrolytic may have shifted in value, and the two channels may no longer match either.
"What sort of sound improvements do better caps yield?"
While it is ironic to replace electrolytics and try to 'avoid' getting more harsh or bright using film caps, in most cases, aside from any tonality changes that might accrue due to the inherent roll-off of HF's of the electrolytic caps compared to the film caps, a lot of the electrolytics sound grainy and hashy compared to film caps, and the better PP metalized caps can have more detail and better clarity, while not sounding any "brighter" or more "forward".
Usually it is well worth the upgrade. If you want to see what it could be like, you could try some inexpensive mylar film caps, realizing that they do not have quite the clarity or warmth of the PP caps, however, they are a lot cheaper and easy to try.
Jon Risch
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