I perform listening comparison between electrolytic capacitors in power supply : Comparing electrolytic capacitors
Perhaps it will help you.
Eric
Perhaps it will help you.
Eric
Eric,
Not a really fair test, as you used one of the lowest grade Nichicon caps. Try Muse ES, FG, FW or at least PL or VZ grades for a fair comparison.
But, I think more importantly, you don't take reliability into account. From 30 years of experience, I can tell you that Panasonic/Matsushita, Rubycon & Elna are the most guaranteed-to-fail(usually leaking corrosive electrolytes on the board) lytics made in Japan, perhaps in the world. Lucky if you get five years out of them. Nothing is more reliable than Nichicon, in my experience, and I think the upper grades of them are as good or better in performance for audio applications, whether signal or power use.
Not a really fair test, as you used one of the lowest grade Nichicon caps. Try Muse ES, FG, FW or at least PL or VZ grades for a fair comparison.
But, I think more importantly, you don't take reliability into account. From 30 years of experience, I can tell you that Panasonic/Matsushita, Rubycon & Elna are the most guaranteed-to-fail(usually leaking corrosive electrolytes on the board) lytics made in Japan, perhaps in the world. Lucky if you get five years out of them. Nothing is more reliable than Nichicon, in my experience, and I think the upper grades of them are as good or better in performance for audio applications, whether signal or power use.
Hi stephensank,
I look at Nichicon web site, actual audio grade series : ES, KZ, KW.
Eric
I'm not a specialist of Nichicon capacitors. I buy one low ESR series available at Farnell. It seems that none of series ES, FG, FW be available on their catalog. Thanks for the information.stephensank said:...Not a really fair test, as you used one of the lowest grade Nichicon caps. Try Muse ES, FG, FW or at least PL or VZ grades for a fair comparison...
I look at Nichicon web site, actual audio grade series : ES, KZ, KW.
Many Japanese electronics use Elna, I never ear problems about theses components. My Marantz CD 94 have plenty of, and after 20 years of working, none of them fail. Maybe I'm very lucky...But, I think more importantly, you don't take reliability into account. From 30 years of experience, I can tell you that Panasonic/Matsushita, Rubycon & Elna are the most guaranteed-to-fail(usually leaking corrosive electrolytes on the board) lytics made in Japan, perhaps in the world. Lucky if you get five years out of them...
Eric
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