Boutique caps in oil... reliable?

@rodman99999 

Thanks, I appreciate the additional information. I’m curious as an Abbas DAC 3.2 SE is being built for me in the Ukraine by Abbas Zulfugarov. He said he’ll utilized some Blackgate capacitors, Audio Note Tantalum resistors and other selected parts. He holds the Blackgates (Within appropriate moderation he said) in similar regard as you. I always appreciate your informative posts on this forum.

Charles

@charles1dad 

Hi Charles,

I never hears of this DAC before, so I looked it up. I looks amazing, and right away reminded me of Audio Note, although reading the text it appears that it is its own thing, although I was glad to see that there was no oversampling, because I think that is where the magic begins.

What led you to choose it?

@roxy54

I became aware of Abbas via a What’s best audio forum thread. From owner and listener comments I became intrigued. Once I began reading the Abbas website (Russian but used chrome for translation) his philosophy, technical skill and approach reeled me in. We exchanged numerous emails and that sealed the deal.

I’ve happily owned my Yamamoto DAC for 12 years due to its natural sound quality and realistic tonality. I’ve heard many “modern “ high tech DACs (Upsampling/over sampling/filters/algorithms etc.) just not for me. I strongly suspect that the Abbas 3.2SE will go beyond the excellent Yamamoto. We’ll see.

Charles

@charles1dad -

     When @roxy54 mentioned Audio Note, it rang a bell in my empty head and I did a little search.

     Mr Qvortrup also started using Black Gates back in the 80's

     Beside that tidbit: the following is an interesting article:

           https://www.audionote.in/the-black-gate-story

     As I mentioned: BGs take a LOOONG time to reach their prime, so- be patient when you get your new DAC.   

                                    btw: Thanks for the props!     

                It's good to know, I'm helping someone in their quest.

                                          Happy listening!