Excellent review of CAPACITORS Must read


This is just a great review of various caps out there. I was so happy someone showed me this link I wanted to share it here:

http://www.vhaudio.com/21capacitorshootout.pdf

The author mentions he got scooped by Arthur Salvatore regarding V-caps. Salvatore's is another great site you should check out. http://www.high-endaudio.com
kublakhan
Great review!! I guess all the talk I heard about the V-cap is true.
Thanks for the link! outstanding !
Nice review. I have saved it for when I might find some flex-time of my own to study it.
Here are a few other good comparisions of caps. They deal with crossovers.

http://www.humblehomemadehifi.com/Cap.html

http://www.10audio.com/sonicap_oimp_multicap.htm
I thought the review was interesting, but honestly, when you look at the bottom line, TFTF V-caps are ridiculously expensive. A pair of 1.0 uF/600VDC will run you $440. A pair of 3.3 uF cost $1200. Yes, I know there are some people who can afford cost-no-object caps, but most of us can't - including manufacturers. Don't mistake the V-caps in this review for the cheaper line of oil impregnated metallized polypropylene (OIMP). They aren't the same. It would have been useful if the author reviewed them, but he didn't. The 10audio site (mentioned by Irish65) compares the OIMP V-caps, but the reviewer is different and so are the conditions.

Here's an excellent site for capacitor info and recommendations:

http://ldsg.snippets.org/appdx-ec.php

If you ever need an honest unbiased opinion about what cap to use for a given application, Jeff at Sonicap is an incredible resource. The guy knows more about caps than anyone I've talked to. He's very generous with his time and he's a super nice fellow to boot. Not once did he push Sonicaps on me while I was interested in other brands.

http://www.soniccraft.com/sonicap.htm
Given that my linestage uses the V-caps and my Audionote monoblocs use their silver caps, I should be in agreement with the ratings.

But, even if we could all agree on what constitutes "best" sonic results, which parts best achieve that result would depend entirely on particular design and implementation. I've heard the result of people pulling caps chosen by a particular designer and replacing them with supposedly superior Blackgates; it was not good.

This review does provide some support for the notion that parts are not just parts and the choice of particular parts make a difference. It also shows that in the particular design of linestage, certain specific parts were preferred by the reviewer. But this experience can hardly be generalized further.

However, what is useful if other designers and DIY folk chime in so that a whole body of experience can be evaluated. For this reason, I think this "review" is an interesting start.