OP if you could duplicate any nuance or tone or airy ethereal sound you wanted without breaking the bank or limiting yourself to one single system would you consider it? Sounds like you are throwing a ton of money at something hoping what you read will turn true for you too but somehow has not yet. Read up on active crossovers and DSP and see what people are doing there. Buy one system one time and have endless ability to duplicate anything you want with any speaker you may ever own.
Mundorf Silver Caps
Need some personal testimonies from mods employing Mundorf top line caps, Supremes, Silver OIl.
I just had 8 M SGO caps installed in my cayin CD17 Mark1 and have found excellent results., In spite of the many critics who suggested <waste of money>>
There is a YT vid froma japenese tech who can not find any superior testing froma more expensive cap, and has doubts to the value of modding with new caps,...Yet there is another YT tech who employs M caps and has the units up for a sound test.
I can actually hear the superior mod with new M caps through my $10 computer speakers ,,in fact i hear a HUGE sonic gain.
I have plans to mod a new tube preamp i plan to add later this year and have my Defy7 recaed with M SGO caps. + My Speakers xovers with new M SGO caps.
I am sure jadis uses high quality caps, but high quality is not M caps.
I bet any money Jadis employs aluminum caps, whereas M caps are silver.
I just had 8 M SGO caps installed in my cayin CD17 Mark1 and have found excellent results., In spite of the many critics who suggested <waste of money>>
There is a YT vid froma japenese tech who can not find any superior testing froma more expensive cap, and has doubts to the value of modding with new caps,...Yet there is another YT tech who employs M caps and has the units up for a sound test.
I can actually hear the superior mod with new M caps through my $10 computer speakers ,,in fact i hear a HUGE sonic gain.
I have plans to mod a new tube preamp i plan to add later this year and have my Defy7 recaed with M SGO caps. + My Speakers xovers with new M SGO caps.
I am sure jadis uses high quality caps, but high quality is not M caps.
I bet any money Jadis employs aluminum caps, whereas M caps are silver.
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Hi Yeah I want to have my tech guy install the M SG OIL caps, @ Decooney Why not the OIL caps? Here is the cap i am considering. https://youtu.be/HGWcXN_zsR4?t=3 but my tech guy says the Defy 7's board is a pain to disconnect, and so very6 hard to work on,,I just told him, snip the leads/leave the board alone, just snip and solder leads, but i think he wants a *clean job* = solder from under side. anyway,, could bea expenisve job, as the amp is now 20 yrs old and says chnage also the electrolytics also, = $$$$$$$ (maybe $800+.... for all caps / labor. thats alot of cash,,but consider i will have a super Defy 7. |
so have the M SGO cap in the cayin,,,8 caps,, 2 are SILVER SUPREME OIL,,,not bad,,nice pop in nuances. Not much , but as i all things audio, we are only after that tiny nuance,,now i just ordered 8 M SGO for my Lite LS9 preamp,,which i put down as a cheap chinese junk,,actually there may bea inkling of truth that it is based on the Jadis design..Employs 6 AT7's in the driver stage, 3 stages,,another AT7 and 2 other retifier tubes,.,,all total 9 tubes,,,actually i perferd this Lite over another pre tube i just bought and returned,,won't mention any names. So this mod will be done next week and will reporrt back,,Then, once Uncle sam sends me his 1200 lil gift,,,i'll order 12 .47uf M SGO caps for the Jadis Defy7. I am going with M silver gold oil EVO, as they are reasonably priced,,Their black casing model's are too expensive for my budget,,and besides are you really going to noticea dif is the OIL vs the Non oil? .47 oil are like 25 each, non oil 50. each. I just could not see paying 2X's for most likely the very same sound sonics. I think M is selling snakeoil on their higher priced caps,,There are quitea few tech guys who believe a cap is a cap is a cap. ,,I would not go taht far,,but i will say, Their budget priced SGO EVO is reasonably priced. Jensen, Jupiter and Ayuden caps are over priced AS far as i am concerned. https://www.mundorf.com/en/?category=hifi&menu=caps_audio&content=mcap_evo_silvergold.oil |
ahhh you see i am not a believe in this break in thesis/idea. To me its snakeoil. I wrote the ebay dealer if the oil vs non oil had much dif, he could not give mea staright asnwer = same sound,,why pay 2X's for non oil??? = Mundorf is pushing snakeoil. The white EVO SGO IMHO are same as Non Oil SG EVO. The only dif is the price. again, modding old caps to new M SGO brings in nuanaces of superior sonics,,its not like niight and day upgrade,,,but well worth the mod expense. My Lite LS9 caps arrive tomorrow, so next week will have installed and will make a YT video which i will post here. i have the AT7 version, without remote,,,i did not wanta remote, if breaks, how will you use the pre???? also i just took out the stock russian AT's and installed 6 + 1 E80 tubes,,yeahhhh now we are talking sound. man i love adore am facinated with the E80 tube. I have about 60 of that tube,,and my tube guy in washington sate is selling 20 for me, the rest i will list very high and sell a few each year. https://www.google.com/search?q=lite+ls9+images&sxsrf=ALeKk01iAi8sFzynw7AqNtji3JTsNqRlCA:1587729485733&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=z-Dt1jb5OPMtPM%253A%252CJrxgc2roU0B-ZM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kQ9KvdP8GaDHMst8Q4GRw28dIFAfQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiK-PufgYHpAhVRmK0KHU1GBx8Q9QEwAHoECAoQFw#imgrc=z-Dt1jb5OPMtPM: |
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