volleyguy1
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| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil In fact WE caps are more expensive than Duelund RS.$825 vs. $620 for the ones I need.http://www.hifitown.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=29898 | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil The old vintage aluminum foil in oil cans are out. They sloshed when you shook them, so no resonance control at all.Replacing the caps with Duelund RS again sounds like completely different speakers.The vintage caps are extremely alive. The proble... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Just installed my second set of speakers Duelund RS tweeter caps. They have sat here for a month or so.Not sure why I waited? Busy and maybe some fear these might not be the huge improvement they were on my first set of speakers, years ago... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil SchubertThe Gold Lions were two matched sets with date codes 2011 and 2012.The ones in use for 4 years are worn out sound not as good as the old tubes I have. One set maybe 10,000 hours the other 7500.The Psvane's 12ax7's are clearly not worn out ... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil At the beginning of this thread I felt in the dark.sometimes I wasted money reading ads on caps etc. As time went on through recommendations my cap choices narrowed to the likes of Duelund, Jupiter, Jensen and VCapCuft and I am using every single ... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil I agree with Grannyring on many new exciting parts.The internet and threads like this have really changed audio. The world wide market has opened competition to supply to enthusiasts with these parts.to EricValue can be something like Duelund 16ga... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Now on the Fisher 500c it started awful with soooo many new parts but is getting much better.Only fair to give substantial break in.Test and retest. | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil EricWould really like to hear your best "value" improvements?I think Grannyring and mine were both removing crappy connectors. My speakers had the signal going through an Aluminum screw could not believe how much a difference that made for no mone... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Two $5k amps the one on the tweeter was running through a <$2 tweeter capacitor. This leads me to believe we (some of us) are ok with more gear you can see than better parts you can not?That must be visual value rather than sound value.i have n... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Erici agree! When you mentioned value you struck a cord on the very reason this thread was started!I was looking for caps and this or that person was saying things like all capacitors sound the same for the same capacitance?So in theory then every... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil EricAre you talking about boutique caps? In the the beginning of this thread when purchasing Mundorf Supreme caps and Duelund VSF I went in with the mindset I had just thrown my money away. I could not believe the difference!Then bought what was n... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil SchubertI do not want to sound for or against old tubes. The Russian old military spec 7189 tubes were much better than the new Gold Lions 6bq5's I have/had. They sound better and last last way longer.I just wanted to know have you tried the Gold ... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Ericcan you clarify your comment on price of products devoid of reason? | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil EricSome of the oldest Fisher caps of the late '50's were really not much more than your hand made caps. They look like foil and paper hand rolled and dipped in some kind of epoxy. Loose tolerances of 10%. The later Fisher's used machine made Vish... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Grannyring"They use the same materials inside, but more material can have a slight impact on the sound"I will look for the info on Duelund caps but I am pretty sure the 600v electronic caps use somewhat different materials to handle the higher vol... |