How recent?
The first gen of Jupiters were truly horrible, both because they melted if you looked at them the wrong way and because, at least to my ears, they sounded intolerably coloured. It seems current production is a lot better in all respects.
I vaguely remember something similar but with particular brands of capacitors tested.
But I definitely remember this article too. It's quite possible I confuse two different tests, maybe even by different people.
Thank you anyway!
It appears that indeed the least expensive variety have no oil. I stand corrected! And I would seriously consider those too!!!
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Thank you all for the answers but I still don't know what capacitors I can put for the jensen 1uf 400v that comes in the Sixpack of the VAT vk51se
Think I would approach it like this:
- Determine size of current capacitors (this is probably the max. size you can implement)
- Determine the required voltage (400V – 450V?)
- Determine which sound flavor you prefer? (oil is a bit more mellow, sliver a bit more clear, Teflon is refined, are you are bass freak etc., this is quite personal as you also see in the reviews and the discussions on this forum)
- Determine which amount of money you are prepared to pay?
- Are you open to a strategy by taking one / several cheaper like MKPs and parallel one small but "superior" capacitor (e.g. Teflon, most expensive Mundorf)
Just to come back to this. He says that himself right "The subjective results of this test are meant to give you a general idea of the audible differences between capacitors when used in passive loudspeaker crossovers. The capacitors are tested in many different loudspeakers, varying from the ones I happen to be building at the time, to the many other speakers I have."
So I think crud is a bit too harsh since I really appreciate someone taking all that trouble. Even if he is a bit commercial 😉.
engineer it correctly first, the be subjective after all you want, after you get the physics right....