Jupiter
Cosmos Wet Electrolytic Capacitors.
"It
is often said and written that every film cap is better
than an ELKO. I have made experiments with the caps
that provide the current for the 12AX7 tubes. I take
different film caps compared to the good Nichicon 450V
100uF KX(M).
Jantzen Cross Cap, special Clarity Cap TC (The TC Clarity
were supposedly developed as a replacement for ELKOS
and should sound better) also Bypass Duelund…
I
put a cable from the audio board and was able to do
an A B test. The first result was not good. All film
caps sounded worse than the ELKO. Slower and the timing
was terrible, not as textured...(all caps burned in..)
I got 2 Jupiter Cosmos from a friend and that was the
good surprise. The Jupiter is also an ELKO but plays
much better than the Film Caps and the Nichicon ELKO.
The Cosmos sounds much more natural, more texture, lots
of colors, less artificial and the timing is even better
and more musical. A real hidden gem for the money
Gerhard Horinek
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