Newbie capacitor question

[4krow]

  Not that I doubt my ears so much as my expectations. I wish that there was a simple way to blind test these caps, so that the prejudices could be better put out of the way.

[Grainger49]

I didn't want him to think that you thought $200 for each capacitor was a reasonable price.  That kind of skews a newbie's view of us.

I'm a big fan of the cheapest Obbligato caps.

[4krow]

  I don't have a lot of experience with different caps, but I am very happy with the Obbligato gold caps. I must admit that I suspect I will change out some small solen caps in my latest Q to Obbligato copper.

[Bonzo]

I'm a Russian aficionado!
I tried big k75-10 PIO and they are better than stock caps and MGBO ones, then I also try a mixed solution bypassing them with a 0.22uf K72 ones (teflon caps).
With bypass caps I experience more detail and dynamic, but I prefer them in my phono stage, letting my quickie smoothing a bit.

As said before it's a matter of taste...I learned that in hifi you have to understand technical basis first (frequency response, harmonic distorsion, PRAT ecc...) and then it's up to your taste.

Like a good sommelier, you can dislike a glass of Amarone, nonetheless you must know it's one of the best wine in the world!

[HF9]

I didn't want him to think that you thought $200 for each capacitor was a reasonable price.  That kind of skews a newbie's view of us.

I'm a big fan of the cheapest Obbligato caps.

Haha, yeah, that's only reasonable for the craziest of us. Agreed that the Obbligatos are a really great value.

[aragorn723]

What value cap did you use for the K72P6?  Thanks,

Dave