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cheaper coupling caps on a budget

hi, I don't know about you but it seems that all of the latest capacitors out there have become so expensive that I can no longer afford to try them. I am looking for a coupling cap for my tube amp that has high resolution but without grain or glare, I dont really like oil caps , they sound to rolled off for me. Does anyone know of a cap that sounds as good as [ fill in your favorite expensive cap here ] but that is cheap, I will need 8 of them, and they are 2.7 value, at 500 volt, thanks, chris
chrissain
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stanwal
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I would try a source like Madisound over here or Wilmslow Audio in England, they tend to have bang for the buck products and can give advice.Some of the prices I saw on the hificollective site were more than I paid for my main components. Take a look, what do they use these things for?
mrderrick
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Parts Connection has 15% off film caps right now (V-Caps excluded) If you are looking for a Teflon coupling cap, cheap may not be an option. I would search the Tweaker forum over at the Asylum. Coupling and bypass caps are discussed there quite a bit.
hifitime
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This place seems reasonable on their prices.LINK>>[http://www.percyaudio.com/Catalog.pdf]
dividebytube
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Obbligato (via DIY Hifi Supply) are tightly wound polyprop capacitors available in copper jackers or normal. For budget capacitors they are some of my favorites.

As mentioned above, I would also check out Michael Percy. There are also several capacitor threads comparing different brands. Google "capacitor shootout" and "capacitor comparison".
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