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In the Forum: Analog Playback
In the Thread: The K&K SE hybrid phono stage: a report
Post Subject: V-CapsPosted by Paul S on: 5/1/2021

What’s with audiophiles and their fancy, expensive capacitors, anyway? You might think I have an answer to that question, since I recently (a couple of months ago) swapped fancy new V-Caps into the output positions in my  K&K phono stage. However, the only “reason” I had to do it was curiosity. In this case, I used 4.7 uF ODAM caps “bypassed” by .1 uF CU/Teflon caps. Although this resulted in fewer uFs than I had before, yet I now get more, more articulate, and lower LF, including more under tones, and the sound field is “more realistic”, with more and generally quieter “space”, especially “depth”, and better focused and localized sound in that space. And that’s about it. Was it “worth it"? I guess. I’m not switching the old (SoniCap) caps back in, that’s for sure.>>


Paul S

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