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Jim, hi

A brief story. I bought some Mundorf silver supreme for a crossover application. The results were very good. Then I ordered a pair to try in home built SET amps. Not a good move. They sounded horrible.
I happened to buy two AEON polyprop and tin foil caps when ordering the Mundorf just because the vender was flushing them at low cost. After hearing how bad the Mundorfs were (in this RC application) I removed them and installed the AEON to see how they might compare. The AEON were far and away superior. Upshot? Predicting performance of a single component part may not be possible. It always comes down to how does it sound versus expectation, reputation, and other performance related info/hype/scuttlebutt. That said, I know where Mikey Samra is coming from regarding metallized film caps. I don't think metallized film caps sound as good as film & foil in RC coupling. Each to his own.


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