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Favorite Power Supply Caps

Posted by drsx (A) on January 18, 2007 at 20:43:53

I am looking for suggestions on people's favorite cost not much of an object power supply caps. To be specific, I need two caps around 5uF to 8uF. They will go as the last cap in a PS for a single feed SET headphone amp. I would like to spend less, certainly, but for performance am willing to spend a little more. That said, $60 for the pair is the max.

What I tried already were some 5uF Solens. I replaced these with some 4uF Auricaps and the difference was huge. Well, the Auricaps already have a real home that they are going back to, so I need to replace them in this spot -- and, no, I won't buy more Auricaps as I'd like to try something new. Options I am considering are Dynamicaps, or perhaps aluminum Jensens, or cheap Mundorfs bypassed by copper Jensens, or maybe Solens bypassed by the Jensens, or ... I don't know. Any experiences good or bad?

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