Mundorf MCap EVO Aluminium Oil

[bob orbell]

Hi all, a few weeks ago my chum asked me to fit said capacitors in his Phono III, I told him he would not like them, less than 2 hours later, he said, can you refit the orange ones, these are ****, I said I told you so, so 2 off 2.2uF 450v and 2 off .1uF 650v with less than 2 hours use, they cost him around £35.00 from Hi-Fi collective, free to a regular member, and this will be my decision, but I think a small donation to the NHS in these difficult times would be welcomed. Bob

[tankertop]

I hope these were run in for a bit longer than the two hours he spent listening with them installed!

I think these have their place but the orange drops are fiercely difficult to best in the phono stage.

[bob orbell]

No, I doubt they even did the two hours, but he disliked the HF sting from the start. Bob

[bikerhifinut]

Funny Bob but I think the Orange Drops are pretty damn good too, I have to say that I pretty much use decent Vishay polyester films in most of my prototypes and with very few exceptions that's what they stay with.
maybe I have cloth ears, who can say, it's been a while since my last hearing test as I've been retired for nearly 5 years now but the last one I had the company nurse insisted on me repeating the test as I could just about hear the 20kHz tone. My hearing will undoubtedly have gone a bit worse as I get older but I do find I am still very sensitive to the treble frequencies.
I'm fairly cynical about the magical qualities of capacitors but I do wonder if the oil types exhibit a tendency to pass the higher frequencies?

That's a very good offer Bob and anyone wishing to have a play with them would get good value for a sensible donation. I'd have a play but in truth I am very happy with things as they are on my Phono3S.

A.

[bob orbell]

Sorry, gone in the bin, I ask you, free and no takers . Bob

[pre65]

That's sad Bob.

I have no immediate need and didn't want to be greedy.

Never mind.

[Phil Y]

Yes, what a waste,

I'm the same as you Philip, no immediate need so kept quiet for someone else to take them but would have had them rather than see them go to landfill

I have these caps in my speaker crossovers and think they sound very good in that application.

Phil.


Bob, surely you could have posted "going in the bin if I have no takers"

[bob orbell]

Thanks Phil, I have posted them to Pre65 as he sent me a PM yesterday, I am so disillusioned with the amount of new so called members who add Jack **** to this forum that I took it that there was no interest, admittedly, we do have a good few regulars, I have mentioned this before about the number of new members who never ever post, why? I still think that if someone joins and does not post within say 3 months, then they should be removed. Bob

[Greg.]

It’s a pity, Bob that your friend didn’t have the patience to allow the caps to burn in for a few hours. I have those caps fitted for coupling in my LongDog Audio MCj3 Hybrid Phono Amplifier and they work really well. Very natural sounding in my experience and very affordable considering the price of many boutique caps. In fact, they are cheaper than some industrial polypropelene capacitors such as:

https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/polyp...itors/6842248/

These Vishay’s are gaining respect within the DIY community.

[bob orbell]

You could be correct on letting them run in Greg, ( please note I do not use the word burn ) but even to my detreating hearing they sounded far too much in your face, this I have found to be a problem with many boutique components, you know my thoughts on silver cable, shunt pot mods etc all make my system too bright. Now, in the last 12 months or more I have been modifying my two PSU IIIs with very good results, the best improvement is the introduction of HT regulators and to that end I have spoken with Matthew to see if he will add this to his products, a PSU IV maybe, with regulated LT and HT, watch this space. Bob