Capacitor pricing
George, don't leave us hanging. What are the brands you think are the same? I won't outright name a product of rebadging, but if you spend the time and do your homework you will see for yourself. They have selected 20 from 1uF to 100uF from that Solen series and voltage, and if you compare dimensions specs cap for cap you will see, that all "boutique" are not what they appear to be. Cheers George |
It would be simpler to distinguish the rebranders from the OEMsIn Australia your up for legal action if something goes wrong. Common guys I know so far you are capable of doing your own comparison searches, I’ll give you the link to the Solen 400v Metallized Polypropylene build specs because I’m not defaming them, but the "boutique" ones you’ll have to search out yourselves. http://solen.ca/wp-content/uploads/fastcap.pdf Chart regarding length, diameter, lead length ect, is near the bottom of the page. And this is just for the middle of the road Metallized Polypropylene one, there are much more higher and lower spec. Cheers George |
I owned a Hifi shop in the U.K for 10 years before moving back to the U.S and did many mods. The Solen capacitors unless usjng the green Teflon caps Are a starting off point Tony Gee of the Netherlands is a Authority on Loudspeaker building and caps and gave me good advise . check out this cap cook book it is very true and accurate,your taste may differ a bit but this is the capacitor reference book to read .he has not done VCAPS Which currently I am using The OIMP, fair price and a good alternative and cheaper to the Mundorf Silver oil with better Bass.with the addition of the VH Teflon CU, .22 cap fantastic combo makes it better still. http://www.humblehomemadehifi.com/Cap.html |
One thing I forgot to mention the Gen1 Sonicraft cap review done VS The VH- OIMP . I can tell you without reservation this review was totally biased. Myself and audio friend compared the two caps as well as with Jantzen supreme and Mundorf Supreme the VH cap was more extended on the Bottom end the VH smooth on top more sense because of thd oil on paper foil. the Sonic caps is excellent for the money and much better then stock Solen caps and excellent for the Bass ,but no way as well balanced as any of the above. It does appear very open, but jot much depth. In 2005 Enjoy thd music reviewed the VH oimp Cap with totally different outcome. the 10-10 audio review Not accurate at all. I stand by this statement I have been doing mods for almost 20 years now. In most cases you get what you pay for. try gor your self and give 3-400 hours Of actual play time . 100 hours to start opening up. |
