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24th January 2006, 02:58 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Tucson AZ
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Cerafine VS Blackgates?
Hi,
Has anyone done a a/b compairison of Elna Cerafine and Black gate caps? I found a web site that says that the cerafine is 98% as good as the BG at lower costs. ANyone find this to be true? God bless... Mark |
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24th January 2006, 03:15 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Toronto, Canada
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Which BG grade do you have in mind?
Cerafines may be similar to STD, but are completely different from type N. The choice on those caps will greatly depend on a circuit and location in a circuit, and some work better than other. On few occasions I was choosing Cerafine over BG N, but on other occasions only BG N seemed to work well.
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24th January 2006, 06:25 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: South Africa, Jhb
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I think BG sound fast clean and analytical but the Cerafines have a nice warm tone, I like a mix of both or Cerafine with Oscons. Not exclusively one type....
Perhaps Cerafines suit budget gear better then BG. |
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24th January 2006, 06:48 PM
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BG STD could be analytical in comparison. Anyway, BG caps are not all the same, each grade sounds different.
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24th January 2006, 10:10 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Tucson AZ
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preferences on usage???
Hi,
How about we get opinions for different usages for BG, N or CF. PS output filtes? PS power tanks? Output signal coupling? Opamp power rail bypassing? Any other usages and prefered types? God bless... Mark |
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