Have I bought fakes?

[williamboetie]

I bought these Elna Silmics on Ebay from a Chinese seller.
3 ELNA for Audio SILMIC II 63V 10uF Japan Made Hi Fi Audio Capacitor Free SHIP | eBay

I have done a bit of research and am concerned that they may be fakes because , although 63v rated silmics are apparently manufactured by Elna , they are not available from all the usual suppliers - and the coloration [looks like a fawn colour print in brown background] does not seem right either. I believe there is a factory in Taiwan that makes Elna caps. Maybe it comes from there?

Do any of you experts out there know if they are real or fake?

 

[Foxx510]

I can't help you with your question, but the ebay description is great! I want to relieve my music's vibration energy and make a dream of the high quality sound!

 

[rrrremus]

I do not know, but i can tell you that i have bought ELNA from Mouser and from ebay also. The exact same cap with some subtle difference in the coloration between them. Are the ebay ones fakes? Could be but i cannot tell them apart by sound or measurement. I measured them with a professional RCL meter and the values check out. ELNA silmic II do look like cheap capacitors, so just enjoy your music.

 

[QSerraTico_Tico]

My Silmics look more brown coloured.

 

[KVP]

This scares me somehow, because I bought some Elna's too from the same shop for a DAC to build. Didn't use them yet though. Would 100% feedback out of > 10000 items sold all be fake? 😕

 

[williamboetie]

That is what I hope is reassuring as well. In all likelihood , they are made at the factory in Thailand [ not Taiwan - sorry] so lets hope they are the real thing , just from a different factory.
Thanks for the replies so far guys - keep em comin' if you have had experience with these caps from the east.