It seems that one of my article here has inspired a guy from Warsaw, Poland, named Marcin. But instead of comparing those capacitors, Marcin deciced to change the capacitor based on his music and his taste. According to him, he enjoyed listening different caps with different kind of music. I completely agree that even the best Duelund Cast sometime not sweet enough (if you are really a fans of super sweet vocal) compared to – let’s say – Jensen Paper Tube.
So below photos are completely Marcin’s system and his works. I start to think that his work is completely better than mine, especially the Elma selector wood stand. Mine was done with a plastic CD cover 😉
Marcin’s complete system. A well treated room, a big speaker, with tiny Sun Audio SV-2A3 amplifier.
Surely his Elma selector wood stand is better than mine 😉
Several capacitors for this taste. From the cheap K75 to one of the most expensive Duelund Cast. The selector should be same with mine, Elma.
Sun Audio SV-2A3 itself. It has Tamura Output Transformer, I believe.
A little writing from him… Enjoy your music, Marcin!
Agus
April 24, 2013 11:35Wow… amazing audio system.
Interesting objects for me are the gigantic speaker (Altec??) and the room…
Drived by tiny 3.5w amp… wow.. wonder how its sound 😀
Regards 🙂
potrzebuje adres do tego marcina
April 24, 2013 21:21Witam.
Potrzebuje adres do tego Marcina. dziękuję, Pozdrawiam
Auw Jimmy
April 25, 2013 10:31Hi,
Nie mam jego adres.
Dziękuję.
Agus
April 25, 2013 11:11Siang Ko,
Mantep bahasa Polandia nya…
saya aja Inggris masih ga karuan… 😀
Salam 🙂
Auw Jimmy
April 25, 2013 11:18Modal Co-Pas Bro Agus…
Lebih mantab preamp 76 pake TVC-nya… 🙂
Thanks.
Agus
April 25, 2013 11:31Siang ko,
Jagan keras2 ngomongnya, malu…
masih coba2… blum apa2 dibanding punya ko Jimmy… 😀
Salam:)
triodethom
April 30, 2013 11:47A great rather pragmatic method to solve the problem .
Auw Jimmy
May 3, 2013 18:14Ah bisa saja bro Agus ini… 😉
Auw Jimmy
May 3, 2013 18:15Well, a million ways to Rome…
Andrzej
November 18, 2013 22:01Hello Jimmy,
I believe that you got another guy from Poland bit inspired… After my recent 3 months, during which 1) my wife left me, 2) got nerve injury and had a paralised hand for 2 months, 3) lost job at Deloitte, 4) borrowed new car to a friend, who wrecked it along crashing 3 other cars, and my insurance refused to pay (besically replaced my new car for many thousand $ debt, etc…)…….NOW It is time to relax and tweak a few things arround…So far I modded PSU and amp for my HC subwoofer, but since I have a low-end USB DAC c-media cm6206 – I will mess arround with it a little…..
There is one thing I need to ask you (since I was never into electronics) is how exactly change of capacitors effect on tone and sound? I read something that higher capacity capacitors improve low tones??? I don’r understand it really, but I replace all larger capacitors into ones x3 larger than before….But I would like to have some better understanding, so If you could tell me something about it, I would appreciate it a lot….
Thanx,
Auw Jimmy
November 19, 2013 16:45Hi Andrzej,
Capacitor will work as high pass filter. The bigger the size, the lower the filter cut off frequency.
In power supply, bigger capacitance will give better filtering (theoretically). But I prefer good capacitor at enough size, rather than big one but low quality.
Thanks.
Sam
December 26, 2014 18:30Hello Jimmy
I have few American vintage tube amps such as Eico, Scott & Fisher which were all made in 50s to 60s. I suppose i need to replace those electrolytic caps on power supply section. Can you recommend some good caps to replace for?
Would it be good to use some paper in oil with film caps bypass to replace for?
Thanks
Sam
Auw Jimmy
December 26, 2014 22:28Hi Sam,
Depend on your required values, but I think it’s safe to go with common Nichicon/Nippon Chemicon. Off course feel free to go with higher end brand like Jensen or Mundorf. For smaller signal capacitor, yes you can go with film capacitor.
Thanks.
Sam
December 27, 2014 12:08Hi Jimmy
Thanks for your reply. Do you think some motor start up oil capacitors or Russian tens oil capacitors are good for power supply for my vintage tube amps too?
The reason i mentioned above caps is that they give me the feeling that they will last forever. However would they take long time to charge and discharge since they are so big in physical size?
Can you point out some advantages and disadvantages used on the tube amps for the above mentioned caps?
Thanks
Sam
Auw Jimmy
December 28, 2014 14:45Hi Sam,
Basically, I would go with a commonly available but good brand capacitor. The first thing is to get your vintage tube amps working.
There is no such that would last forever… 🙂
All caps, as long the rating is sufficient, then you are good to go. Off course some audiophile might prefer specific brand. But I think it’s a bit off of our discussion here.
Thanks.