In my extensive use of capacitors in components meaning DAC, preamp and power amplifiers, but not in speakers, I find the best capacitors are V-Caps (Oil & Copper versions). I find that the Jupiter copper caps have an emphasis in the mid-range. They have a very musical sound but the mids standout at the expense of the other frequency ranges. Just more focus in the mid-range. One of the manufacturer of panel speakers that I partner with also used the Jupiter caps and when I told them to try the V-Caps, they were surprised how much the sound staged opened up with greater detail and separation of vocals and instruments. Another Audiogoner had Jupiter in his preamp and he herd the V-Caps in the components that I build where we swapped out the caps. He heard the differences and decided to try the V-Cap coppers in his preamp versus the Jupiter capacitors, he also noticed the same advantage. BUT it comes down to the sound you prefer and you also may have to try both to see the benefits in your own system. Happy Listening.
Tweeter Capacitor Upgrade (Coincident PREs)
Hi all, looking to upgrade the Solen 4.7uF 100V caps that filter the low frequencies out of the Accuton tweeters on my Coincident PREs. Started by looking at Duelund's, but PartsConnection doesn't even list prices for a lot of the models (or is out of stock) at that value... that motivated me to try and collect some impressions from the group.
Apparently Isreal is using Mundorfs in that position at this point.
As always, thanks for the input.
Apparently Isreal is using Mundorfs in that position at this point.
As always, thanks for the input.