Waiting for the price of that pricey cap/wire/whatever to come down?

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Offline Downhome Upstate

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on: July 12, 2013, 02:18:24 PM
pcx started their 20% off sale this afternoon (not affiliated - this is a PSA)

"Too soon old;
   Too late schmart"

    The late Mr. Fox, Fox's Deli, Rochester, NY

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Reply #1 on: July 12, 2013, 02:47:45 PM
I'm seriously considering some 10uF Mundorf silver gold oil caps for my BeePre

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Reply #2 on: July 12, 2013, 03:06:01 PM
Yessir. I ordered the Mundorf Silver - Oil 3.3 uf for my Stereomour about 10 seconds after I found out about it.

"Too soon old;
   Too late schmart"

    The late Mr. Fox, Fox's Deli, Rochester, NY

Mike P.

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Reply #3 on: July 12, 2013, 03:22:58 PM
What is "pcx"?

Far away from the bleeding edge

Offline Downhome Upstate

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Reply #4 on: July 12, 2013, 03:25:44 PM
Parts Connexion

"Too soon old;
   Too late schmart"

    The late Mr. Fox, Fox's Deli, Rochester, NY

Mike P.

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Reply #5 on: July 12, 2013, 04:44:06 PM
I understand the feeling. "Just make the good stuff affordable". I think the poor economy did help. Lots of good affordable stuff. Folks like V-cap are standing their ground. Screw um. I would like to get my hands on some Duelunds though! Even at half price I cant do it!

Eric
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Reply #6 on: July 12, 2013, 04:53:59 PM
Yah, Duelund - You know what they say: don't take your mask off 'till after you leave the bank. Sigh. But, what the hell. Doc is selling Crack/Speedball for 44% off, and 20% off some good ol' Mundorf Silver Oil is plenty good enuf for me. Pardon my spelling & grammatical butchery. More fun that way.

"Too soon old;
   Too late schmart"

    The late Mr. Fox, Fox's Deli, Rochester, NY

Mike P.

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Reply #7 on: July 12, 2013, 04:56:42 PM
Hey Mike - I have a bunch of the Mundorf silver/oils. Love em. I have them in the Quickie and my speaker crossovers. Anything Mundorf is good IMO. Nice house sound. Good value.

Eric
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Reply #8 on: July 13, 2013, 07:32:40 AM
Quote from: earwaxxer on July 12, 2013, 04:56:42 PM
Hey Mike - I have a bunch of the Mundorf silver/oils. Love em. I have them in the Quickie and my speaker crossovers. Anything Mundorf is good IMO. Nice house sound. Good value.

The Mundorf SIO is my favourite too.
Roger

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Reply #9 on: July 13, 2013, 10:24:16 PM
better overall than claritycap in you guys' opinion?


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Reply #10 on: July 14, 2013, 02:02:46 AM
Chris,

The sound of a cap is kind of a personal thing.  They season the sound to personal taste.  Someone might feel that timber is more important than detail; or detail more important than soundstage (not me!).  So better is in the ears of the beholder. 

I have 2 pair of Mundorf in my system now, Eros and Foreplay.  I have a pair of Clarity cooking to replace my Obbligato parafeeds in my Paramours and a pair of Mundorf to replace my KK Teflon interstage in the same amp.  I will go one pair at a time to see what differences each bring.  Better yet, I could jumper both positions and swap between each pair.  And then my head might explode with all those combinations.  We will see.


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Reply #11 on: July 14, 2013, 06:36:12 AM
Granger is becoming the resident Bottlehead cap aficionado! We need one of those -  An employed analytical engineer with disposable cash to buy and evaluate caps for us poor cheap bastards! Break out the alligator clips and let the reviews begin!

Eric
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Reply #12 on: July 14, 2013, 07:35:20 AM
Thank you G... Please let us know your findings... for me, detail within a great soundstage is the ultimate combo...


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Reply #13 on: July 14, 2013, 10:42:30 AM
hmmm, kinda like being in a wine club. I guess that the prices of wire were still too high due to the cost of copper silver and gold, but on the other hand, these guys have more wiggle room than jewelers.


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Reply #14 on: July 14, 2013, 11:07:23 AM
I'm a Polypropylene film kind of guy, but when it comes to commercial Teflon caps someone else is going to have to carry the standard.


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