| theAnonymous1 |
First person to offer me $2 to cover the price of an envelope and shipping gets these.
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| peufeu |
Yo,
I volunteer ;)
PM ? |
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| Kevin Graf |
| Olson Electronics store, a name out of the distant past! They were the first Hi-Fi and electronics store I ever went to. That was the Cleveland store on Euclid Avenue in about 1957. I think that the last stores closed over 30 years ago. |
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| theAnonymous1 |
| These came from a lab at a college that recently got cleaned out. Everything in there looked to be at least 30 years old. The bag was bound for the garbage, so I rescued them. |
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| john65b |
Hey Anonymous1 - aren't those polystyrene caps supposed to be the best sounding coupling caps you can get?
I have a few of those TRW .1uF 630V caps Polystyrene in bypass and in coupling duty...haven't really noticed any in coupling duty sounding anything extrodinary yet... |
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| theAnonymous1 |
John, I have officially broken the audiophile worlds "film capacitor" death grip on my brain. I was doing some AB testing awhile back and I could not tell the difference between a film cap and some ceramic SMD caps. I couldn't even notice any changes by bypassing the ceramic with a film. This testing was done on some power amps and a headphone amp.
Now, a lifetime supply of coupling caps fit in the palm of my hand.;)
If you feel like testing your brains subjectiveness, I'd be happy to send you some. I can even solder some solid copper wires on the ends for easier handling.
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| john65b |
I too cannot tell difference most of the times - I will pass on your offer - but thanks. I have enough caps here to keep me busy for quite some time...
I always ask my wife for her opinion on which cap sounds clearer and more dynamic - since she has WAY better hearing than I do - I might as well be asking her to eat lint.
She usually balks at first, eventually gives in, listens, makes something up as to which one sounds "better", rolls her eyes back into her head and storms out of my listening room. Like Clockwork. Some people just don't get it. |
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