Black Gate Cap upgrade on Museatex Bitstream DAC

Ubglub, I know John personally, and own a modified Museatex Transport, he already built the DAC with upgrades last year, but a cap went, I sent it back to him and he put in Black Gate caps I was curious if anybody heard a difference just from the blackgate cap upgrades

Black Gates are a waste of money. If you're going to upgrade use Mundorfs or V-Caps. Both are clearly superior to Black Gates and Auricaps for that matter.

"Black Gates are a waste of money."

Careful with this advice. There are lots of different Black Gates and lots of different applications. They are certainly not the best at signal coupling, but for LF power decoupling, they are simply the best on the market, assuming you choose the right types and values and install them in the right places.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio
manufacturer/modder

John already put them in my DAC, he did it as a favour because one of the orginal were faulty, not because I asked for better caps. I was just curious if they made a difference. I guess I'll find out when I get it and have time to burn it in.

"Ubglub, I know John personally, and own a modified Museatex Transport, he already built the DAC with upgrades last year, but a cap went, I sent it back to him and he put in Black Gate caps I was curious if anybody heard a difference just from the blackgate cap upgrades"

Lush, thanks for clarifying. I didn't know who "John" was in your first post. I also didn't realize he is building new Bitstream DACs from the ground up. After the break-in period let us know if your new BG cap makes an audible difference.