Black Gate Cap upgrade on Museatex Bitstream DAC

I had my Museatex Bidat DAC upgraded by John Wright, a former associate of the Museatex founder Ed Meitner. Most of the work was done on the analog end of the DAC, and it was a big improvement. I believe he put in black gate caps, but I can't recall exactly.

Anyone with Museatex equip should visit the website and see what upgrades are available directly from the source. Highly recommended.

Ubglub, I know John personally, and own a modified Museatex Transport, he already built the DAC with upgrades last year, but a cap went, I sent it back to him and he put in Black Gate caps I was curious if anybody heard a difference just from the blackgate cap upgrades

Black Gates are a waste of money. If you're going to upgrade use Mundorfs or V-Caps. Both are clearly superior to Black Gates and Auricaps for that matter.

"Black Gates are a waste of money."

Careful with this advice. There are lots of different Black Gates and lots of different applications. They are certainly not the best at signal coupling, but for LF power decoupling, they are simply the best on the market, assuming you choose the right types and values and install them in the right places.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio
manufacturer/modder