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Preamp Output Capacitor: Mundorf Supreme vs. Supreme Silver Oil

Anyone compared the bass response of these two caps?  I bought the Supremes for trial purposes and really loved what they did to my system's imaging (front to back layering) and immediately bought the Silver Gold Oil Supremes.  Unfortunately while they were smoother, more beautiful, and even better at imaging, they had no bass (actually, they lost bass as they broke in).  Anyone know how the Silver Oil's fit into the line?  

I'm using them in a Don Sach's DS2 Preamp ( https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/7983).  

Thanks.
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cal3713 OP
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I wish we could rename this thread "Preamp Output Capacitor Discussion."  (or Comparison or Reviews) Super useful experiences and suggestions in here.  Thanks for the contributions.
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grannyring
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Hi Alex.  Cannot say for sure as I did not do a side by side, cap to cap direct comparison.  I was lucky enough to compare both as bypass caps with a .47uf Jupiter copper foil in the same piece of gear.  The Sn-Cu has more of that special musicality and perfect tone. It just sounded a tad more real, natural and spacious.  The silvers were also beautiful, but just not quite as natural or real sounding in this one piece of gear.  
alexberger
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Hi @grannyring ,

Thank you!

Alex
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kalali
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“...came along with the ODAM suggestion. They’re smaller and cheaper than the Miflex so I’m looking forward to trying them...”

Where do you find the ODAM capacitors selling cheaper than the Miflex?
A 0.47uF Miflex is around $25 vs. a 0.47 Vcap ODAM priced at $84. The price differential is a little less for larger uF values but definitely not cheaper. 
I’m very tempted to try the ODAMs in my Aric Audio Unlimited preamp already upgraded with the  Audyn True Copper capacitors. A clear improvement over the stock red Audyns.  Anyone has experience with the newer Audyn True Copper Max? For a 2.2uF value they are about the same price as the ODAMs. 

t_ramey
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@kalali 

I didn't know the prices of the lower values at the time of my post. I bought a pair of 2.2uF ODAM's from VHaudio for $175 and the cheapest I saw for Miflex was around $200 for a pair.
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