Clarity Cap CMR Impressions

I'm going to mention @dgarretson the US rep to see if he would like to chime in.

So I finally had the health and energy to rebuild my crossovers. Hopefully this trend continues! :) Also I am relying a lot more on barrier strips, so future updates or comparisons won't require as many tools.

As a reminder, the crossover I am using is a 3rd order high-pass filter going to a Mundorf AMT tweeter. My previous caps were clarity MR, the large one bypassed with Audyn TC. My comparisons are the BARE CMR vs. the MR + Audyn. As I mentioned, my health and energy are a factor, so please, no criticisms that I didn't go through a long QA eval process.

Anyway, I find the CMR caps interesting indeed. They are cooler than the MR+Audyn TC caps for certain. From the contact/surface sounds of large drums, to cymbals and top-hat there is noticeably more information there.

In this sense it is definitely moving towards the Mundorf Supreme line, without it's juiciness.

I learned recently the MR caps are still around and honestly I can see why. The difference is bigger than merely more detail, or smoothness, it's a noticeable change in overall temperature.

The full rebuild just happened recently, so I'll see if I adjust. At first listen, it's a mix of pros and cons which I'll have to spend some time getting used to.

Best,

E

yes erik i suggest you to spent more time on listen the new timbre of CMR.
you know well that everything is new need time to be metabolized before take a decision.
take care to listen, because i don’t find CMR cooler then MR
about my point of view CMR is more complete cap and smoother than MR that in comparison seems to lesser form the bass to the high
the MR has a loudness presentation, the CMR has all the things at their real place.
the dynamic of CMR is very very greater than MR
sometime the CMR is warmer and with more body than MR
the bass of MR are less dynamic and less articulate, so this sometime you could perceive more bass then CMR but is axactly inverse
the bass of CMR go lower then MR
the high of are smoother then MR but with more mid and body
but i don’t want tell you anymore :)
keep us updated

hi dave,
the CMR takes around 200h for break-in and the MR ?
when both (CMR & MR) are broken-in which of the two have more improvement in sound ?
On what model (CMR or MR) the biggest changes appear ?

Hi Dave,

What measurements seem to change with break-in? The Farads seem very stable to me.

Best,

E