Elna Silmic II or Elna Cerafine?

[fatmarley]

I'm not a big fan of Silmic 2, they sound a bit too soft and cuddly. Nichicon FW sound much more neutral to my ears.
Nichicon KZ sound quite similar to a film caps, but that can be a bad thing because they sound too bright In the upper midrange In two of my amps and one of my dacs (As do all film caps I've tried).

 

[mbz]

Recently opened up a refurb'd unit and was somewhat surprised at early signs of stress in
Nichicon KZ's in psu. Have switched to the following,
Main filters; Nichicon KW, KG, UCC-SMH
Psu Nichicon PW and EP
Audio path, Elna Silmic II/Nichicon KZ, ES
Low Noise/leakage Nichicon KL

 

[phase]

I’ve had good luck with Nichicon KW as well for filter caps.

 

[robert2017]

I dislike them too - it's a mystery to me why so many like them. Everywhere I've used them the sound has lost fine detail, and 'bite'. A sort of air-brushed presentation to the music. Lack of musical involvement. Far prefer the Cerafine caps, particularly the current versions.

Cerafine have more bite but they sound harsh (there is a subtle harshness in highs) but they are good in some places like Silmic 2 are good in other places .
Nichicon KZ and FG are also very good to be mixed with Elnas.
The problem is how you mix them ,