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New V-CAP CuTF capacitor

V-CAP has just released a new capacitor - CuTF - copper foil/teflon that they feel is the cat's meow. Apparently a lot of R&D went into it, per their website. It is more expensive than the TFTF but appears to promise the "soul of music" inherent in copper. I've been quite happy with the TFTF (tinfoil/teflon) caps I put in my BAT VK150SE amps but have decided to take the plunge with this new cap. Will post results in the near future.
rgurney
sherod
1,690 posts
 
The largest Vcap CuTF cap is .33uf.

http://www.v-cap.com/copper-teflon-capacitors.php

face
516 posts
 
.47uf should be available soon and 1uf will be available eventually.

Any impressions so far?
rgurney OP
279 posts
 
I am using the .22 uf CuTF as coupling caps in my BAT 150SE amps. They replaced the TFTF caps which themselves were a big improvement over the stock caps. Now in comparison, the TFTF caps seem more clinical compared to the CuTF caps. The highs are smoother, the midrange fuller and more lush, and the overall sound is more involving and musical. The best of a copper PIO combined with the best of teflon.
spectron
130 posts
 
"...I am using the .22 uf CuTF as coupling caps in my BAT 150SE amps "

Hello Rgurney: Can you please clarify if you use your CuTF caps as coupling or as its bypass.

I used these caps in output cap position in some equipment and bypass in other, in my own system - truly exceptional cap, exactly as I wrote above.

Thank you.

Simon
rgurney OP
279 posts
 
As I stated - coupling caps, one per output tube, 8 in all. Not bypass caps.
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