Audiophile electronic components do they exist, if I pay more will my ( same value) capacitor sound different to a bog standard unit ?
I could add do capacitors 'burn in'?
Keith.
I could add do capacitors 'burn in'?
Keith.
what do you think? do we have any measurements as without this or some valid data this is a waste of time to talk about.Audiophile electronic components do they exist, if I pay more will my ( same value) capacitor sound different to a bog standard unit ?
I could add do capacitors 'burn in'?
Keith.
dic did this on the B1 years ago, but mike says he is wrong. well mike says he is lying in fact.The same type and value capacitor would I believe be electrically identical ,within spec, I just wonder whether any loudspeaker/amp manufacturer has performed those unsighted tests, or they specify expensive components simply because they are expected and more expensive units to justify the 'upgraded' version
Keith
Typical drivers will have greater driver-to-driver variations in performance than typical capacitors.
Use one driver and just switch the capacitors.
It takes big expensive machines and a quality control department to go with the machines to make good film capacitors. So if anything, a capacitor from a major manufacture will be better than a boutique capacitor. That would be better in a construction sense, more consistent winding tension, no air gaps.
That is a very good database of parts. Wish he had measured them all though.
Capacitors have been beat to death. IME (and probably that of no other), if we are talking speaker stuff, the inductors and how they are oriented have more effect than the capacitors, assuming decent capacitors to begin with (no non-polar electrolytics, no ceramics with their high voltage coefficients, no dinky little caps with high ESR and/or not rated for the current, etc.)
My particular speaker was once very popular here, in regard to diy xover modifications. The stock caps were often ridiculed, and changed for something "better". I myself fell into this trap, yet every single example of this particular speaker with diy xover/cap changes never sounded "better" to my ears. I remember visiting API moon ago, being told that the stock mix of caps were of very high quality and more importantly, "voiced" for this particular model.
My current diy version of this xover still includes the stock components/slopes, but removed from out the box, w/much attention towards superior connections. That did the trick for me ...
Hi Mr.Fisher-Price, I mean Bliz, or Mivera ... ... just kiddin', still trying to catch up on what & where ... anyway ... I've read so many things about caps improvements over the years, "mind boggling" prose just don't do it for me anymore. That said, I agree with your situation in regard to better tweeter designs, esp. in using certain caps (once worked a walk away from the old Parts Connection when owned by SF, spent much time there discussing such things). I've a set of small cheaper model B&Ws, 1st order slopes & spiky aluminum tweeters, which a Mundorf tamed nicely, but I found these weird shaped military physically large proper-valued Russian built caps of nondescript on the cheap at a surplus store, and they proved even better within this particular design. Plus, I'm currently in the process of planning a total re-cap for one of my DR3 amps (which I'm not looking forward too). So I kinda get the idea of diy superior cap replacements ... however, I think it's important to trust the ears (and opinions) of the original designers ...