volleyguy1
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| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil I have posted pics in my virtual system of some of the experiments and meltdowns of the last few years.As I bet the vintage power supply caps are a reason for the sound as Yazaki-san has mentioned, I too believe so is the paper bobbin output trans... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Sorry about incorrect spelling of Yazaki-san... My apologies did not look at what I typed. :( | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Pic should be in my system. | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Grannyring I have uploaded a pic of the Mallory cap I have in an unused amp I am going to take parts out of.I have uploaded a pic of my one amp. It was like surgery getting those caps in there! Duelund VSF where the room was thin. Duelund RS and C... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Grannyring I do not think you can buy the Mallory caps anymore?I will post pics of mine, which I have not heard. I do not think Mallory was so special just still making vintage power supply caps in the can like 50's and 60's and would have worked ... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Hi RobHe sure does sound like a top notch person!Did he mention why he thought the Mallory sounded better? | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil I uploaded some pics of the man cave.We have a set of Pearl Drums in the basement. I use them now for sound comparisons with the speakers. I have to admit the sound is close but real drums have more energy than speaker reproduced sound.I wish I wo... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil I am glad to see on Jeff's Yazaki-san mention his old Marantz 7 pre-amp and the power supply cap. (Mallory)In one of my old Fisher amps (I was going to part out) has (what looks like a late 70's early 80's) Mallory power supply caps which I am goi... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil In fact WE caps are more expensive than Duelund RS.$825 vs. $620 for the ones I need.http://www.hifitown.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=29898 | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil The old vintage aluminum foil in oil cans are out. They sloshed when you shook them, so no resonance control at all.Replacing the caps with Duelund RS again sounds like completely different speakers.The vintage caps are extremely alive. The proble... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Just installed my second set of speakers Duelund RS tweeter caps. They have sat here for a month or so.Not sure why I waited? Busy and maybe some fear these might not be the huge improvement they were on my first set of speakers, years ago... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil SchubertThe Gold Lions were two matched sets with date codes 2011 and 2012.The ones in use for 4 years are worn out sound not as good as the old tubes I have. One set maybe 10,000 hours the other 7500.The Psvane's 12ax7's are clearly not worn out ... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil At the beginning of this thread I felt in the dark.sometimes I wasted money reading ads on caps etc. As time went on through recommendations my cap choices narrowed to the likes of Duelund, Jupiter, Jensen and VCapCuft and I am using every single ... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil I agree with Grannyring on many new exciting parts.The internet and threads like this have really changed audio. The world wide market has opened competition to supply to enthusiasts with these parts.to EricValue can be something like Duelund 16ga... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Now on the Fisher 500c it started awful with soooo many new parts but is getting much better.Only fair to give substantial break in.Test and retest. |