Unfortunately, the Penta Cap has been discontinued by the manufacturer.Īdded a note to mention that we are advancing the shoot-out (really a "sound-out") between the caps on Tiers A and B against those on Tier X to Summer-Fall, 2008.
To these we'll be adding the 630V Duelunds, the aura-T, the Solen Teflons, Illinois Capacitor's metalized polypropylenes, and a pair of NOS Wonder Caps. We plan to test their copper and aluminum foils, as well. To this end, we have already obtained samples of the Sprague Orange Drops, the VTV Silvers, a previously unknown (to us) foil-in-oil called the Allesandro, and an offer from Audio Note (UK) to loan us samples of their Silver Foil caps. We're returning to Plan A and saving the rematch for sometime in 2009. A few more capacitors, including those from AmpOhm of Cornwall, UK, and ModWright Instruments of Amboy, Washington State, have been recommended as additions to the next shoot-out. We'll be buying samples of these, as well. Solen Teflon caps (as well as all other Solens) are much easier to obtain now, due to the installation of a shopping cart on the Solen/Canada website. The PentaCap seems to be back, but under the generic name of Custom Electronics's High Temp PTFE. With any luck, it will still happen by the end of 2010. Given the cost of acquiring additional cap samples in today's economy, the Great Capacitor Rematch is being postponed again. Modified the text and corrected several typos and grammatical errors throughout this page (ugh!). Therefore, while the results have not been modified, we've changed the letter grades to more accurately reflect the psychological implications of each rating.Ĭoincidently, the same search which lead to the aforementioned thread, also turned up a blog called Jimmy's Junkyard, in which Jimmy talks about an "Extreme Capacitors Battle." While the battle still seems to be raging, a link to Jimmy was added to the other cap surveys, below. In fact, if one were on a budget, this would be the logical tier to use as a shopping guide, because this was where many of the "best bang" capacitors were placed. Under the original rating system, capacitors on Tier D occupied "The Great Middle Ground." This was actually where most of the samples ended up. It appears that the psychological implications of using sequential letter grades (similar to the grading system common in many public schools) tainted tiers C and D with the suggestion of failure, when just the opposite was intended. At one point, the original poster, Volleyguy, mentions that in our survey, "Jensen coppers were only Tier D." In the course of researching an unrelated topic, we came across a very long thead on the Audiogon Forums which began in May, 2008, and continues to this day. The letter designations of each tier were revised. In reviewing the new tier designations, we felt that placing the entry-level, polyester caps rated for AC Line FIlters on Tier A was higher than they should be positioned, so they were moved down to Tier B. The survey was moved here from Tempo Electric.
Audio note capacitors review trial#
The speakers in this trial are a pair of full-range, 15" Tannoy dual-concentric drivers, circa 1980s, mounted on open baffles The major trials are expected to take place later in 2011.Īdded notes about the cost of Duelund Silver capacitors (see Tier AAA) and the apparent demise of VTV (see Tier X). We're beginning another round of tests, using a new loudspeaker crossover as the subject.
Audio note capacitors review update#
There's an important update regarding the use of the Mundorf MCap Supreme in the Tier AAA AC Line Filter comments, as well as additional comments about the Cardas Golden Ratio and Hovland MusiCaps on Tier C. Look for more to come in November-December, 2018, including (gasp!) some electrolytics that will beef up your power supplies.Īdded notes about the Mundorf MCap Supreme Silver & Oil to the Tier AA loudspeaker crossover comments, as well as added the VCap TFT to the Tier AAA crossover caps. In addition to adding and correcting some links to other shoot-outs, I've started to update the reviews with current prices, revised comments, and additional caps. This survey was originally published on Tempo Electric, our commercial sister site, but was moved here (to The Vinyl Tourist) after we decided to remove editorial content from the Tempo Electric website.
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