willing to bet $ you will pull it out eventually esp if you listen to classical musicInteresting. From my listening notes in mono, a couple of concerto selections were among those where I most greatly preferred the sound of the RTX bypasses (there were a few songs in other genres where I was hard pressed to identify any differences). The RTX channel sounded richer and fuller than the channel sans bypasses. Yet another example of no "one size fits all".
Bypass capacitor questions
I have built new crossovers for my Thiels using mostly Clarity CSA caps. On the coax board, the two feeds and subfeed are bypassed with Multicap RTX (~1%). I am super happy with the SQ improvement. Well-recorded music sounds fantastic, just sublime. Really hard to fault, especially at this price point. Excellent transients with resolution and transparency for days; adding the RTX added a bit to the transients and resolution. But poorly recorded music is now more evident than ever and can sound relatively "cool", even thin, most notably on vocals. I’m wondering if a double bypass or different bypass cap might add a bit more flesh or hint of warmth. The Jupiter copper foil at 0.01 uF caught my interest but I’ve read reports that this small of capacitance can be inaudible, as well as reports that it can make a big difference (eg, humblehomemadehifi review of Dueland bypass).
Two questions:
a) do you think a different bypass or double bypass would result in the sound I seek?
b) if yes, more likely to get a good result with Jupiter double bypass at 0.01 uF or, say, Audyn True Copper Max at ~1%.
Budget: something more affordable than Duelands!
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