dc10audio use Duelund CAST capacitor ?

Easy choice for us!

Duelund makes such beautiful products we are so proud to offer them and they are such a natural fit for us...you can tell that every capacitor is hand made with incredible care and skill. The fast clean inert nature of them make them perfect for us we've tried every cap made and usually find that going up in price nets you zero to a point..Not the case with the Duelund CAST you pay they deliver!

PS: The silver though very expensive is even better provided you couple it with the very best drivers and system.

Cheers,

Q

Bhobba,

That is what makes this hobby so interesting. It is not so much what we agree upon, based on our personal experience. Instead it is the different views and experiences we have.

There are so many variables with silver and copper that effects the outcome. Most of the ribbon copper or silver I have experienced is spring temper. Using an H02 soft annealed would be a good place to start. I am not a metallurgist but having the right material to start with is essential.

I have had my own custom silver ribbon wire made to my spec's. With a little supervision of course.

I have used 8 awg North Creek (George Short) inductors on numerous occasions. I still have some laying around. However, they were noisy compared to the Duelunds. I have custom wound 8awg Cast Duelund inductors that were the same value as the North Creek 8 awg. Comparing them side by side all four of us who were evaluating chose the Duelund.
North Creek inductors are my second choice.

I agree with your comment regarding the Cast resistors and yes they are the best value. I was mentioning the inductors because they bring so much to the table and yet there is hardly any ink about them.

I love custom speaker projects. You have no limitations but your imagination and ability. When you have it build please send me some photos.

Jeffreybehr,

I will send off some audio porn when time permits.

Hi Again Jeffrey

I didn't want to give any links to the speakers I was talking about since I don't want any accusation of spruiking, schilling or anything like that.

But they are Lenehan Audio on the Gold Coast in Australia and are close to where I live. I go down there all the time to hear their gear and own quite a bit of it. Of course that makes me biased so when I talk about their stuff I like full disclosure.

The custom speaker I am getting made is a variant of the following:
http://www.stereo.net.au/forums/index.php?/topic/46808-lenehan-ml-ii-reference-limited-edition/

The difference is mine will use HD3 instead of MDF, have external crossovers, have even more bracing and a special star grounding wiring harness that will dock straight onto monoblocks at the rear of the speaker.

Here is some pictures of the crossover in my current speakers:
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?action=gallery;area=browse;image=35354

Thanks
Bill

Charles1dad,

That was my initial thought but thinking upon it further I interpreted their design philosophy to be literal. That led me to think if you want the wood to resonate, then like musical instruments, the metal must also.

An appropriate analogy would be if a chef was going to create a dessert to be like a Reese's peanut butter cup. Once the chef stated his objection, the expectations of those who are to sample/taste the dessert are already formed before they sample.
If the chef chose to leave out peanut butter, then the dessert is not going to meet the expectations of those who sample or taste it. If the chef simply stated he would make a dessert for them and used chocolate, as the main ingredient, then most likely those who sample it will like it.

As chocolate and peanut butter are to Reese's, tonewood and copper alloy are to musical instruments. You remove one it negates the whole.

Most likely I'm over thinking it but you get where I am coming from.

Irish65,
I can understand why you thought that.I thought the natural and inert quality of the Duelund was the attraction for it's use.Quad man's reply just confirmed that line of thinking.The Duelund effect in my system has been stunning.
Regards