Clarity Caps vs Kimber kaps

Ditto Sherod: I'm at 500 hours of MR on tweeter and 100 hours of MR on mid/woofer of Merlin VSM. Both sections of crossover keep improving and sounding more open, dynamic, seamless, and natural across FR.

Regarding frequency response to the "stratosphere", I will add that when I went back in to make further mods to my crossover, I removed a .01uf/200V Russian teflon bypass cap that I had been using across Claritycap MR in the tweeter section-- and noticed slightly less HF extension & air. I'm going to run in the solder some more and then try reintroducing that small teflon bypass cap.

Actually it was the .015uf/200V FT-1 that I was using to bypass MR in tweeter. From what I can tell, the 1/2/3 suffixes in the NOS Russian FT- series are used to distinguish between voltage and capacitance values. In construction and performance the three models in the series seem about the same. There is also a lesser teflon series(K-72?).

Tony Gee/Humble HiFi seems to be the only widely read reviewer of exotic caps who also tests caps for benefits accruing from .01uf bypass. In most cases he finds bypassing preferable(particular in crossover), and for this purpose he likes cheap Vishay MKP caps. I have not compared these Vishays to Russian FT-1, but I doubt that the Vishays can equal NOS Russian teflon in such applications. However, one cannot use bypass caps to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. In my crossover, Claritycap MR without bypass easily surpassed stock cryoed Hovland with teflon bypass.

Reb, .1uf K-71 styrenes bypassed with .01uf FT-1 teflon sound damn good in PS around DAC and analog section of my CDP. However I have not compared this arrangement to much else.