Guest Ruach Report post Posted December 25, 2003 Sharing a link to an article about capacitors. http://bono-www.ss.titech.ac.jp/~hajime/uec/distortion/cap/ It is in Japanese. Use Babel Fish to translate http://world.altavista.com/tr Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jasonhanjk 0 Report post Posted December 25, 2003 These caps are used for oscilator circuitry.... ?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tropicalrips 0 Report post Posted December 25, 2003 what does it do? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jasonhanjk 0 Report post Posted December 25, 2003 In layman term, creating a waveform of different frequency. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tropicalrips 0 Report post Posted December 25, 2003 so that means it can change the way an amp will sound Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jasonhanjk 0 Report post Posted December 25, 2003 If only you add them in your signal path. Normally it should belong in the power supply line..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Firefox 0 Report post Posted December 25, 2003 so that means it can change the way an amp will sound Capacitors change the sound. That's why different caps have different types of sonic signature. But we all love distortion anyway. All audio equipment distort the sound. It's just which type we like. hehe... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ruach Report post Posted December 25, 2003 so that means it can change the way an amp will sound Capacitors change the sound. That's why different caps have different types of sonic signature. But we all love distortion anyway. All audio equipment distort the sound. It's just which type we like. hehe... I agree. One can change the sonic character of a cd player quite significantly by changing the type of capacitor in the DC blocking stage. Among the moderately priced electrolytic capacitors, the Elna Silmic gives the best "distorted" sonic character. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Firefox 0 Report post Posted December 26, 2003 Among the moderately priced electrolytic capacitors, the Elna Silmic gives the best "distorted" sonic character. Oh? But I haven't tried Silmics. So far, I find that the BG & Cerafines are quite alright. Cerfines being quite affordable. Both are as good as each other, just different sonic signature. =) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ruach Report post Posted December 26, 2003 I have tried the following as DC blocking caps in my cd player: - Elna Silmic 100uF 50V - smooth with warm mids, slightly bloated lows Elna Cerafines 100uF 50V - dynamic and "fast" sounding with a bit too much harshness in the highs. Prefer the Silmics over the Cerafines Rubycon Blackgates Standard 100uF 50V - tight and deep bass, more transparent in the mids but a bit too clinical for my liking Rubycon Blackgates F 100uF 25V - slight improvements over the standard Blackgates Rubycon Blackgates FK 220uF 25V - sounds better than the standard Blackgates but it has the same clinical signature If I have the time, I will be trying the non-polar Blackgates N series (if I can the values that I require) I have a friend who owns a Rotel RCD-971 which uses Blackgates F 100uF 25V in the DC blocking stage. He replaced it with Silmics with great results. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ruach Report post Posted December 26, 2003 Alternatively, one can use film capacitors such as Solens (cheap, but huge) and Auricaps ($$$) in place of electrolytic ones. Results should be much better Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Firefox 0 Report post Posted December 26, 2003 Alternatively, one can use film capacitors such as Solens (cheap, but huge) and Auricaps ($$$) in place of electrolytic ones. Results should be much better Yes. But some applications require a large e-cap. So it's better to use the better films to bypass a good e-cap. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tropicalrips 0 Report post Posted December 26, 2003 where can i find the Elna cerafine caps? i found elna "starget" from RS they are red in color, are they the same as the Cerafine? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jasonhanjk 0 Report post Posted December 26, 2003 Burlington, well audio lab. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tropicalrips 0 Report post Posted December 26, 2003 i tried that shop, they say they don't carry "japanese caps" NO elna NO blackgates Share this post Link to post Share on other sites