"Best" film cap you've never heard of?

[QSerraTico_Tico]

Does anyone know the StealthCaps from TRT-Wonder? AR and others use these caps for couppling.

no-one I guess, it's stealth technology.
Prices are Stealth too:
http://www.trt-wonder.com/page21.html

 

[Elvee]

Some larger size examples:

 

[tinitus]

Found these Jensen NOS pios locally
Almost fore free
all 8uf, so a bit limited use
Havent tried any yet

 

[audiojoy]

Here's my favourite

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/parts/143675-petp-capacitors-one-best.html

 

[rdf]

Interesting, I used some of ERO greens in a MC240 rebuild and liked them, I tried some of the white TRWs and took them out.

 

[mos57]

Best film caps i have heard are:

1. Cary Audio Yellow caps in Cary Audio 300B EX, i not know the manifacturer also it seems RELCAP Polystirene (any suggestions?)
2. V-cap
3. ICAR SP25
4. Multicap RTX
5. Cardas

Francesco.

 

[Andrea:]

Solen MKP is great...no wonder it's the most widespread in high quality commercial products. I wouldn't ever spend much more on a cap, anyway

 

[mos57]

Best film caps i have heard are:

1. Cary Audio Yellow caps in Cary Audio 300B EX, i not know the manifacturer also it seems RELCAP Polystirene (any suggestions?)
2. V-cap
3. ICAR SP25
4. Multicap RTX
5. Cardas

Francesco.

Last, but very in last are SOLEN.

Francesco.

 

[Andrea:]

Last, but very in last are SOLEN.

Francesco.

Ha ha hahahhaha. It's ridiculous to make such a big deal of capacitors.

Solens are very transparent... and I know what I'm talking about.

Maybe hardcores are looking for something particularly seductive.... I look for transparency, and I love Solen's.

 

[Andrea:]

Maybe there exist even better sounding capacitors...but when the Solen's are so cheap and so good, it makes no sense, for me. Really, I can't find significant flaws in their sound quality...

 

[mos57]

Maybe there exist even better sounding capacitors...but when the Solen's are so cheap and so good, it makes no sense, for me. Really, I can't find significant flaws in their sound quality...

Seriously: pheraps Solen is cheap but not very trasparency. Only its medium is very good, but it lack in high and in bass response.
You can try Cardas: it is also cheap for its quality. hear it and then let me know

Francesco.

 

[Geek]

Ha ha hahahhaha. It's ridiculous to make such a big deal of capacitors.

There's been Sin Bin filling jihad's here over lesser components

Solens are very transparent... and I know what I'm talking about.

Maybe hardcores are looking for something particularly seductive.... I look for transparency, and I love Solen's.

Solens, IMO, are stupendous in crossovers and OK for high-level coupling, but as the signal level gets smaller, they get really boring and flat.

Maybe that's just how my brain interprets transparent?

Cheers!

 

[Face]

It appears a lot of us can interpret them differently, in crossovers I found them harsh, grainy, and added coloration.

 

[serengetiplains]

A few years back I developed a new breed of capacitor for my own use. It was a porous teflon design injected with Fluorinert. Beat the pants off normal teflons, IME.

 

[john curl]

I like Rel RT polystyrene caps.

 

[HKC]

I like Rel RT polystyrene caps.

Hi John

Why it is not polypropylene caps? Please share your experience of using film caps.

 

[analog_sa]

Solens are very transparent... and I know what I'm talking about.

Sure you do

 

[Andrea:]

It appears a lot of us can interpret them differently, in crossovers I found them harsh, grainy, and added coloration.

In a line level application (the 250V version) I find them smooth, uncolored and fluid, plus very clear. I must be lucky

 

[Andrea:]

Sure you do

Maybe I don't. But... I think I do.

 

[Andrea:]

Anyway I can't but look at things in a quality/cost perspective... and really I couldn't have spent the little money the Solen's cost any better. I would never spend on expensive caps anyway, when Wima or Solen MKP are that good. I also don't look for anything overly seductive.