Those caps have been brought to my attention, and frankly, after reading the reviews I can't resist the urge to try them. I'm buying a pair today.😉
http://v-cap.com/tefloncapacitors.html
http://v-cap.com/tefloncapacitors.html
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Wonder if they consider making larger values.
Could use 4 pieces, 33uF of those for a X-CCS-BosoZ😀 😀
Steen.
Could use 4 pieces, 33uF of those for a X-CCS-BosoZ😀 😀
Steen.
Those 4 pieces would probably cost more than the original Pass preamp 😉
I'm buying only 0.1u values (for high pass amp) as I can't justify 2u cap prices, no matter how good they are.
I'm buying only 0.1u values (for high pass amp) as I can't justify 2u cap prices, no matter how good they are.
Excactly what I mean. Those prices are outragous, to say the least😉 299usd for a 2uF filmcap,
those folks are not ashamed at all😀 I sure hope those caps sound good!
Steen.
They come with a view that if the caps make bigger difference than power cord and interconnects, thay shouldn't be that much cheaper. In some way they are quite right and we should actually blame cable makers for elevating the prices 😉
New acronyms like VSQD (Variable Stage Quadrant Dielectric™) are pretty much a dead giveaway that it's just more audiophile thievery.
They should be, by all accounts, great. Still, if possible, i'd rather use a transformer as a coupling device. At these price levels there is a great choice of nice iron.
Peter, be sure to report back, on your experiences with these caps, when you had a thorough listening session.
Steen.
Steen.
As a MSEE I'll summarize this for you: nonsense, this is in the same league as pure silver interlinks with silk dieelectric, 24K golden spikes and audio grade CD-R discs, don't buy into it. There's no substitute for a few smaller polyprop caps in parallel, and certainly not for the frequency range these caps will be used in.
Best regards,
Sander Sassen
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com
Best regards,
Sander Sassen
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com
SSassen said:
Oh my. I think frequency range has little to do with what these capacitors do better than others.
As a long-time user of teflon capacitors, I can vouch that the V-Caps are excellent capacitors. Their price is quite reasonable considering the considerable cost of teflon. FWIW, V-Caps are cheaper, even, than comparably sized and rated RelCaps, CRC teflon caps, etc.
The manufacture of teflon film in thicknesses required for use in capacitors, and without pinholes, is simply an expensive process, and teflon, of itself, is not a cheap substance. I once ordered a quantity of teflon capacitors from Component Research, a military supplier. The order took 8 months to fill because the company had to reject two batches of teflon film. Winding teflon capacitors is also more labour intensive given that teflon film stretches easily and is so slippery.
It's not a cheap material, but there are other polymers that are much worse. For comparison, the last time I priced them, PTFE was about $5-9 per pound ($0.35-0.70 per cubic inch), polypropylene was $0.80 per pound ($0.02 per cubic inch). Polysulfone ran about half of PTFE. PEEK is five times more expensive.
Come on guys, 299USD for a 2uF cap🙂 And they even claim it is an introduction offer
Normal price being 369USD 
You could pay the monthly for a car with that😀 I for one am not going to invest in those, I would rather have a new complete CD collection then
Steen.🙂
To Peter Daniel : Best cap is no cap - whatabout to make some more sophisticated connection, where caps are not neccessary, than again and again copy LM's datasheet ?😎
I need a cap at the output of my (1543) DAC. I prefer passive I/v over any active stage.
It has nothing to do with copying LM datasheets, but you probably already knew that.
It has nothing to do with copying LM datasheets, but you probably already knew that.
pinkmouse said:
For me, it's not that much about music anymore. Maybe those words (taken from V-Cap reviews) reflect it the best 😉
Like all serious audiophiles, there's nothing more exciting for me then finding a component that dramtically improves the performance of my system. It's that "excitement" and intense pleasure that makes us "audiophiles" in the first place, and is the reason why we are constantly on the look out for something "better", regardless of whether it is new, used, cheap, expensive and difficult to find and set-up.
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