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| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Little theory. A capacitor is 2 conductive plates with an insulator. You can make one out of aluminum foil and wax paper, but it will be very very low Farads. I’ve done it. Tiny capacitance. Like, nano-Farads.Commercial caps use insulators with a ... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! By the way, I just ran the numbers on that. Based on output impedance, and assuming a 1 Ohm speaker impedance the ICEPower 250 A would droop around 2.2 dB at 20 kHz. That’s not unacceptable, and in line of what a tube amp would do to a lot of norm... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! If it were possible to measure, I'd ask for these amps to be measured with a 1 Ohm resistor at 2.83 Volts. :) About 8 Watts. Let's see that first. REW is great, but measuring the speakers adds a ton of confounds. I say this as a speaker maker and... | |
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions Also, to anyone doing capacitor comparisons, it is WAY easier to do them by replacing them in only one channel than both. This actually reminds me a little of Carver's approach to amplifier comparison. http://www.stereophile.com/content/carver-ch... | |
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions So less than 24 hours in I really don't like the change. Yes, there's more air, but it's due to an exaggerated treble IMHO. It has the treble hype of the top end Mundorf's without their glass smoothness. More later. Erik | |
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions Cymballs sound more prominent now. I want to wait for a few days before assessing that this is a real difference. I think there are some fantastic sounding metal dome's. They don't all have the oil-can resonance that characterized so much of the m... | |
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions OK, caps are in my left speaker only. And they are hacked in with jumper cables.I like to change caps on one side only sometimes, it helps me figure out what the real differences are by what now sounds muted. This will probably change over next 48... | |
| Parasound A21 In Mono vs. Parasound JC1's I have had at least one person tell me they liked B&W 802's best with ICEpower based amplifiers. Worth listening to Class D. Best,E | |
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions Hi Audi4Pass,It wasn’t even that subtle. :) The big cap sounded more natural and liquid when bypassed. I wouldn’t say it was anything even as nuanced as imaging or dynamic range per se. More about the decay of notes and perception of space. Like t... | |
| Anyone using a Mytek Brooklyn or Manhattan (I or II) DAC as a preamplifier? Direct to my Class D monoblocks.I usually listen via a Parasound P7 because of the ht. Otherwise I would run the Mytek direct. It is a better pre.Best,Erik | |
| Anyone using a Mytek Brooklyn or Manhattan (I or II) DAC as a preamplifier? I have the Brooklyn. Marvelous. | |
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions More info: The Audyn TC bypass was 0.1uF. The Duelund was 0.047uF. So, proportionately each changed their cap about 1%. Also, this high pass filter goes to a larger Mundorf AMT. Measurably and sonically the equal or better of most Be and diamond d... | |
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions The Audyn bypassed the 12 uF. Good improvement. The Duelund bypassed the smaller cap. No noticeable change. I also had tried the Audyn. It changed the tone, but not the sound quality, so I chalked it up to simple uF change, not a real sound qualit... | |
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions Hi Tim, Mains were 4 and 12uF Clarity MR caps. Unfortunately after destroying my first crossover it seems I used way too much hot glue to swap caps out very easily. I'm going to have to order new parts. :( Best,E | |
| Class D is just Dandy! Hi @h2oaudio Oh, agreed. In many cases a top octave roll-off may be much better sounding than a flat amp. Also room dependent. Best,E |