Capacitors

[luvtolisten]

Hi Luvtolisten,
The Z-Standards I ordered they had in stock at the time.When these caps burn in they most certainly color the sound.To me I like it-they offer warmth and solid bass.Much better than using Solens by themselves and are very affordable capacitors.The Z-Superiors' give more detail and enhance the highs considerably.Sometimes I really prefer the blue colored Standards.The Superiors are wonderful caps to use for the tweeter circuit in speakers.

Yep, you hit the nail on the head regarding the 30 year span of music you mentioned. I hardly hear anything today that I like. A few current bands but only several songs are good imo !

I played a home comp New Age cd earlier today and listened mesmerized. It sounded so good and relaxing...thats something i'm not use too.However,music soothes the savage beast lol ! It worked and my system is not optimally set being crammed in this small Apt. (yes,fantasies winning a lottery to get my school loan and the I.R.S out of my life resonates thru my synapses-then a big beautiful home with the stereo of my dreams).Sorry..went off on a tangent there lol !

Good recordings excell wonderfully. On the other hand,poor recordings still sound terrible-in fact worse at times because the higher grade caps aids in extracting some detail not normally heard when speakers are in stock form. So,especially in mp3's you will hear more of the unwanted artifacts in the recording and in a poorly engineered cd.

Back to the stereo now...............I've left my other system unplugged for the moment. I'm having too much fun with my new to me 2nd two channel system.I dont have any home theatre equipment.I'm trying to hurry up and get all these caps burned in.Some dont believe in burn in so I better stop here before flame wars abound lol !

I'm about done with everything now. It's taken me several years but I've parts swapped 2 el cheapo dvd players(turned into very competent sounding cd players and sound great for movies from the audio portion of the circuits),my computer soundcard,two sets of computer speakers,2 preamps,one amp,one integrated amp,3 pairs of speakers, and three headphone amps lol.All of this done crammed up at a computer desk with the keyboard in the way. I left both my dedicated cd players alone. I've run out of stuff to tear apart and tinker with now.I had other equipment but sold them to fund my current projects.

All of it sure as hell sounds a lot better ! Wait,now I can start focusing on the interior of the speaker cabinets lol !

Hey Twc,
Thanks for the tip on the Jantzen Standards Vs. Superiors. I was going to us all Superiors for my Wharferdales, until I got sticker shock. It would cost $170 per speaker. So I think I'll go with the standards.Until I win the lottery anyway.
I used to be a skeptic about burn in, until I started buy the higher quality stuff. I don't know what the burn in time is for these caps, but my speakers are sounding better all the time, more open. I probably have about 8 or 9 hours on the new caps.
I also opened my Paradigm Titans Speakers, they have a 33uf, electrolytic, (which I will replace).They also have 2 (4.7uf, 2.2uf) caps, which look like either Epoxy or ceramic caps. Think I should replace those too?
I make a lot of compilation CD's too. What program do you use? I've been using Itunes lostless, but I'm new at this. I still think the CD's I've made with my Philips CD recorder, still sound better. Oh, oh, I hope the pc gods don't come down on me!