In Reply to: Yes, I understand the issue of driving a low input impedance, but....... posted by Ivan303 on January 1, 2015 at 09:17:01:
First off, I would like to reiterate what Michael Samra said: for a given system, the smallest coupling cap you can get away with is almost always going to sound better than a comparable larger capacitor.An important corollary to this is that bypassing a smaller capacitor (0.47 uf for example) may be unnecessary [and/or not offer sonic improvement], while bypassing a larger capacitor (4 uf for example) is much more likely to offer benefits.
Finally: in my experience, bypassing caps in series with the signal is trickier than bypassing shunt capacitors...and the only way I know to obtain optimal results is through trial-and-error experimentation.
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Follow Ups
- bypassing - Jim Dowdy 01/1/1509:58:54 01/1/15 (13)
- RE: " the smallest coupling cap you can get away with".... - Ivan303 11:35:00 01/1/15 (9)
- One caveat about Dynamicaps - Lew 14:03:01 01/1/15 (8)
- I thought they were an interation of the 'WonderCap'... - Ivan303 17:33:21 01/1/15 (7)
- RE: I thought they were an interation of the 'WonderCap'... - drlowmu 18:39:09 01/1/15 (6)
- "Yes, the typical end fill is not used, which SOUNDS better !! " - Lew 08:28:40 01/2/15 (5)
- RE: "Yes, the typical end fill is not used, which SOUNDS better !! " - tube wrangler 11:42:53 01/2/15 (2)
- RE: "Yes, the typical end fill is not used, which SOUNDS better !! " - Lew 17:16:14 01/2/15 (1)
- RE: "Yes, the typical end fill is not used, which SOUNDS better !! " - tube wrangler 21:44:11 01/2/15 (0)
- RE: "Yes, the typical end fill is not used, which SOUNDS better !! " - drlowmu 09:39:48 01/2/15 (1)
- Thanks, but... - Lew 10:56:53 01/2/15 (0)
- What Jim said-nT - Cleantimestream 10:46:24 01/1/15 (2)
- That was pretty much where I was headed... - Ivan303 11:22:26 01/1/15 (1)
- RE: That was pretty much where I was headed... - Cleantimestream 16:34:35 01/1/15 (0)