Clarity Cap CMR Impressions

Hi everyone,

So I thought I would let this go, but I can’t baby!

I am now about 2 weeks into this experiment, and I may actually prefer the MR caps to the CMR. While the CMR may appear at first install more lively, after break in, that mostly goes away and I’m left with far less forgiving caps than I was with the MR.

So the question is, do I want caps to reveal every flaw, or do I want caps that will allow me to enjoy more music? This is my dilemma. The CMR is just much less forgiving of recording and source devices. The MR caps however have a consistent mellowness which doesn’t change from recording to recording. They may also seem less lively, at least compared to fresh CMR caps.

Of course, I’ve spent a lot of time listening to speakers, and little changes. I’m not sure anyone but a teenage girl would be able to hear some of what I’m now aware of, but right now, I’m going to see if I can fully salvage my MR caps and go back.

It may help you to understand that these speakers are FLAT past 20kHz. The common roll-off in the top octave many speakers have is absent. As a matter of synergy, the MR caps may just be better for speakers this flat, the CMR for the more common design choices / tweeters.

Best,


E

thes are my consoderarations:
Time will give us other opinions of other people, anyway the CMR  is a complete cap, has everything he needs to have.
has less listen fatigue than MR, but first of all when you listen MR seems miss something in entire freq range.
the MR has a kind of phase shift  in comparison with CMR
also CMR has more full bodied timbre than MR.

In virtue of what eric asserts, I took the clarity cap MR and CMR, and I re/started to make a serious break-in.
This is why, before eric posted his impressions on claritycap CMR I kept the steareo off for work reasons for a long time.
So I figured maybe my impressions were to a less-trained ear and to the capacitors with different hours of break-in.
so i hope as soon as possible, if i’ll have enough time, to post my impressions (seriously than now :) )
i apologize for this ;)

Hello I have compared directly several, the Mundorf Silver oil is without question 
More resolved then  the the Clarity CSa caps. Silver will always be a bit more spatial and open ,the oil on the paper gives it a bit more body.
That being said the Sea, is a nice improvement over the standard ESA, cap.
It is better balanced and better defined of the instrument edge.the same applies for the top Cmr,cap which is more refined but much bigger is space is an issue. 
Personally I think the new Csa-csps closer to a 10 rating  on par with the Mundorf Supreme at a more reasonable cost.
My friend owns the new ML- 13A masterpiece series stat and he replaced several 
Of the stock Solen and other poly caps .these new speakers not only are super fast and resolved but now the depth and micro detail are at least 15% better that is huge. These purple caps are a Great deal .One thing though they take s full 200
Hours to get every bit of refinement out of them vs the old ESA caps.