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TOO MANY Elna Silmic II caps?...

I have found (after building chip amps, among other things) that too many of almost any type of passive component will impart coloration, sometimes for better but usually for worse. The only possible exception is Z-foil resistors; I still haven't installed too many of those. Each additional one seems to lift another veil, however slight, with no drawbacks.

When I used Silmic II's in a power amp input coupling position, it absolutely KILLED high frequencies and dynamics. I let them play for many, many hours (100's?) without ever achieving any sort of transparency or life, and I noticed a sort of nasal resonance on some vocals and instruments. I thought my stereo was broken! In their place, I now use Blackgate standard with phenomenal fidelity, as well as having tried KZ with nearly equal success. I have also replaced the Silmic's in the output coupling of my Marantz SA-11S1 SACD player with BG std's, again with remarkable results: much more dynamic with plenty of air and detail.

I don't know why Silmic's are popular in signal path apps, and I cannot understand why no one in the audio business is able to duplicate whatever it is BG's can do. KZ comes the closest, in my experience.

Peace,
Tom E
berate is 8 and benign is 9

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