JJ capacitors

[TG]

Hi!

Have anyone dealt with JJ caps?
A friend of mine need some inexpesive caps for HT supply.
Please don't compare them to WKZs or Cerafines

Thank you!

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[mig-ru]

Good caps. I use them for the output of my OTL headphone amp. Sound quite good.

 

[fdegrove]

Hi,

By far the best sounding electrolytic cap I ever heard.
They're not expensive and have a range that's ideal for tubes.

Recommended.

 

[TG]

Good caps. I use them for the output of my OTL headphone amp. Sound quite good.

Thanks!

By far the best sounding electrolytic cap I ever heard.

Thanks!
Should I change my Cerafines with JJs?

 

[hacknet]

are these made by the same jj that does tubes?

 

[TG]

are these made by the same jj that does tubes?

Yes.
JJ Electronic

 

[jamesjung21]

JJ Vs. LCR

How do JJ caps sound like, compared to LCR caps???

 

[AudioGeek]

better than BG or ELNA??

well... how about to Black Gate or Cerafine's?

JJ's stuff has always been VERY good... i.e. ECC99 and 6922.

 

[thoriated]

By far the best sounding electrolytic cap I ever heard.

Hi, Frank -

Well, you've caught my attention. What is it, IYO, that is particularly outstanding about the JJ caps soundwise compared to other 'lytics?

Happy ears -

 

[fdegrove]

Hi,

What is it, IYO, that is particularly outstanding about the JJ caps soundwise compared to other 'lytics?

IME they sound cleaner, less distorted than other caps.
Somewhat closer to a filmcap with the added advantage of the bigger value.

Cheers,

 

[jewilson]

Frank,

I have never heard of JJ caps who sell's them.

Thanks

 

[fdegrove]

Hi,

who sell's them.

Mostly the distributors of JJ/Tesla tubes: tube vendors, guitar/repairshops etc.

JJ Cap range

Cheers,

 

[thoriated]

If JJ makes a nonpolar electrolytic line suitable for speaker xovers, I might recommend those to a couple of speaker DIYers I know.

 

[jewilson]

Frank,

I found these guy's in the US selling these JJ caps. They have some other neat stuff for tube amps. I am still looking for other US sources.

http://www.angela.com/

 

[Eli Duttman]

Jim McShane has stuff of interest to DIYers at better prices than Angela Instruments does.

The URL for Jim McShane's site is (http://pages.prodigy.net/jimmcshane/).

Jim is one of the NICE guys in our hobby.

 

[mig-ru]

AES carries a few values of those. That's where I got mine.

 

[Vortex]

JJ versus Black Gate ?

Wow.

By far the best sounding electrolytic cap I ever heard. They're not expensive and have a range that's ideal for tubes.

Is it true ??? The absolute ultimate-told Rubycon Black Gate can be - to say that way - beaten by these JJ's ?

If you have tried both (so the Black Gate ones, too) ... is it still your opinion about the JJ caps ?

(Don't look at me, I'm a beginner and I've a good contact to JJ products here in Hungary since all of my tubes and sockets are JJ-made too).

Anyone compared them to BG or other "ultra high-end" caps?

I actually would definitely NOT spend much for capacitors like hundreds for one Black Gate... nonsense, I think..

So I'm also interested in your opinions on JJ electrolytics .

 

[fdegrove]

HOLD YOUR HORSES....

Hi,

I did say ELECTROLYTIC cap, didn't I?

So, no, the JJ caps are NOT better than the BGs...Which aren't electrolytic caps anyway but certainly not nonsense to my ears either.

The JJ are however markedly better than other electrolytic caps I know of.

Cheers,

 

[Vortex]

Shake your *** ...

According to BG specs, they're electrolytics.

Actually they aren't, but sold AS IF THEY WERE.

The 3-liter Saabs are still Saab ones, although Opel's MV6 3.0 liter engine was built in.

That's the same. So I'll call the non-electrolytic BG's still electrolytics.