2. amps-preamps
  3. 1268311331

New V-CAP CuTF capacitor

V-CAP has just released a new capacitor - CuTF - copper foil/teflon that they feel is the cat's meow. Apparently a lot of R&D went into it, per their website. It is more expensive than the TFTF but appears to promise the "soul of music" inherent in copper. I've been quite happy with the TFTF (tinfoil/teflon) caps I put in my BAT VK150SE amps but have decided to take the plunge with this new cap. Will post results in the near future.
rgurney
spectron
130 posts
 
"...I am using the .22 uf CuTF as coupling caps in my BAT 150SE amps "

Hello Rgurney: Can you please clarify if you use your CuTF caps as coupling or as its bypass.

I used these caps in output cap position in some equipment and bypass in other, in my own system - truly exceptional cap, exactly as I wrote above.

Thank you.

Simon
rgurney OP
279 posts
 
As I stated - coupling caps, one per output tube, 8 in all. Not bypass caps.
sherod
1,681 posts
 
I wonder if these new V-cap coppers require as long a break-in as the TFTF caps?
dob
577 posts
 
"if these new V-cap coppers require as long a break-in as the TFTF caps "

Much longer. I have them for a few hundred of hours and they still improving and improving...

All The Best
Rafael
altoclef
6 posts
 
This is not the first time I've heard the CuTF compared to the Mundorf S/G/O. While the Mundorf is obviously a nice sounding (not to mention detailed, etc.) cap, I find the sonic signature quite laid back (almost recessed) and lacking body in the mids. I find the TFTF to be more neutral (notice I didn't say "natural") in the mids. How do the highs compare between the two caps? In some situations I find the TFTF slightly rolled off (subdued)in the extreme treble. Certainly compared to the Mundorf S/G/O.

Comments? More observations?
More to discover