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Anybody familiar with Mundorf silver&oil caps

I am planning to use 3.9uF Mundorf silver oils as output coupling caps in my phono stage. ( The stock coupling caps consists of a paired 4.7uF and 3.3uf polypropylenes )

I have a couple of 0.022uF TFTF V-Caps lying around. Would there be any benefit in bypassing the 3.9uF Mundorf with the smaller V-Caps or am I just wasting my time?

Generally I do not like bypassing coupling caps, but the 3.9uF is somewhat big and I am concerned that it is going to be a little slow.

I know I can always try and see what it sounds like, but the V-Caps are unused, so if there would be zero benefit I’d rather leave them in unused state for the possibility of selling or swapping them out later on.

Comments/thoughts/experiences would be appreciated.

Thanks
Paul
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dgarretson
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VH Audio recommends trying TFTF bypass with their OIMP caps, so you might be onto something with the Mundorf Silver/Oil. I have used .47uf Mundorf Silver/Gold as couplers in a phono stage & I like them a lot.
dgarretson
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jd,

For what it's worth, Mundorf and several users I've spoken to regard the Silver/Gold as more neutral than the Silver/Oil cap(or put another way, it is less exaggerated in the bass region.) Also, the Silver/Gold is not an oil cap, and is rated to a higher temperature that the Silver/Oil. This may be important in a hot chassis.
dgarretson
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pjl2122, I see the new Mundorf SOG is quite bumped up in price & is now pretty close to V-Cap TFTF. Can you elaborate on your opinion of SOG relative to other Mundorf & other caps you might have compared it to?
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