Mundorf silver /oil /gold vs Duelund CAST

I use both and the Duelund CAST caps are simply in a different league. No kidding.

The Mundorf SGO will change over the burn in period and become more open.

The Duelunds are excellent and extremely natural sounding, leaving mundorf sounding hyped, etched, or a bit "hifi" by comparison to the duelund. But always remember the duelund is many times the price of the Mundorf and probably anything else. To quote Marie Antoinette "Let them eat cake". Trouble is its tough enough to find bread.

Quad-Man,

I have a few pairs of custom speakers with all Scan Speak drivers. I use all Cast Duelund with custom silver ribbon wire. So I am familiar with what you are working with.

If I was designing a speaker and the top end was rolled off then the Mundorf would be a cheap fix.

Using the Mundorf with a speaker that has tonal balance you will get more energy on top and shift the balance.

Duelund Cast works great with Scan Speak. As I mentioned in a previous thread I call them the Denmark Connection.

Stick with the Duelund and you will find you will have to spend less upstream.

It would have been interesting to know how much of breakin both caps had when you did that comparison.

Anyhow, I once replaced Mundorf silver/gold (not oil) which had more than 1000 hours on them with teflon v-caps in my Omega Duos tweeter xo and the difference where dramatic. This showed me how average mundorfs caps are and how much music gets lost in them.

Mundorf to get significantly better with more hours but Duelund is simply in a different league - exactly as you would expect from the price difference.

My experience from listening to the speakers of a speaker maker I know is that Duelunds make a bigger difference than the drivers you use.

Thnaks
Bill