Clarity Cap CMR Impressions

thank you erik.
a question: in the bass region MR vs CMR ?
you report high freq fatigue from CMR, but the ovreall timbre between both ?

Hi Audio,

The only problem I have with the CMR is that lesser sources which have any sort of stridency to them now show more clearly depending on programming. With the Mytek Brooklyn, this is NEVER a problem. With the Oppo 103 sometimes. Depends on what I'm watching. 

To my ears the CMR is the cooler of the two.

I have not tried the CMR in the woofer, plus since all those caps are shunts I tend to go cheap and stay with ESA caps.

i'm referring to bass perception due the the hith freq of CMR in comaprison to MR

Hi Audio,

I think the bass i that sense is really nice. You get a lot of the "surface" sounds of drums, of hands or sticks hitting the skins, and more of the body of acoustic instruments as well like violin's, guitars, etc.

I think the liveliness, open, easy breathing nature of the CMR contributes a great deal.

Best,

E

Hi everyone,

So I thought I would let this go, but I can’t baby!

I am now about 2 weeks into this experiment, and I may actually prefer the MR caps to the CMR. While the CMR may appear at first install more lively, after break in, that mostly goes away and I’m left with far less forgiving caps than I was with the MR.

So the question is, do I want caps to reveal every flaw, or do I want caps that will allow me to enjoy more music? This is my dilemma. The CMR is just much less forgiving of recording and source devices. The MR caps however have a consistent mellowness which doesn’t change from recording to recording. They may also seem less lively, at least compared to fresh CMR caps.

Of course, I’ve spent a lot of time listening to speakers, and little changes. I’m not sure anyone but a teenage girl would be able to hear some of what I’m now aware of, but right now, I’m going to see if I can fully salvage my MR caps and go back.

It may help you to understand that these speakers are FLAT past 20kHz. The common roll-off in the top octave many speakers have is absent. As a matter of synergy, the MR caps may just be better for speakers this flat, the CMR for the more common design choices / tweeters.

Best,


E