Noise is certainly part of it on some caps, but it is more than that. It is surprising how tone and other SQ factors change slightly with direction. This is especially true in passive crossover networks. I spoke with the manufacturer of some very high end caps and he shared that these differences in Sonic character are not always worse, but just different depending on application and other system variables. Couple this reality with burn in SQ changes and we have fuel for extreme audiophile anxiety.
Capacitor rolling.
My son is getting to the Audio World. Bought a Vincent Hybrid Pre-Amp and Vincent Hybrid Amp.
Both us MKP Film caps on each signal line-out paths. He wants a little more warm from the/voice- strings
Audio Note offers some of their Caps for those Cap rollers. In Silver/Gold./ Cooper &Alum foil.
Very pricey compared to MKP caps. 7 times+
By the way MKP is widely used by many high-end electronic audio gear Mfg because of their very-very neutral sound & fast transits. Has anyone in this forum have any feed back on CAP rolling? And Audio Note Caps??
Trust Me signal path Cap rolling can produce more changes than Tube rolling does in some cases..
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@geoffkait It's already well known that most caps are directional by nature of their construction. It has nothing to do with some hocus pocus wire directionality fantasy and you can absolutely measure which direction is the best. In any capacity with rolled substrates the outside layer terminal always goes to ground since it shields. Putting them in backwards runs the risk of injecting noise into the circuit. Some makers mark the outside terminal with a line but most don't. If you're not sure, test them. |
@geoffkait No, I don't follow fantasy hocus pocus. And unlike your snake oil myths, what I'm talking about can be measured quite unequivocally. https://youtu.be/BnR_DLd1PDI |
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