Dueland CAST PIO


Hello I had a few questions regarding this cap and was wondering if any owners who have heard this cap first hand can help me out.

I am thinking about adding this as a CAP upgrade on the speakers I am trying to get. I have heard from owners on forums saying it made a significant difference to their speakers for the better, but when I contacted some other speaker manufacturers they tell me that just because you add the Dueland CAP does not necessarilly mean you will get better sound. They say withs ome speakers they might sound great, but with some other speakers, they might even make the sound quality lower.

My questions are.

1. Will the Dueland CAST PIO cap upgrade change the signature sound of the speaker as intended by the designer?
Or will it simply make everything sound a bit better not effecting the original sound?

2. How much did the Dueland CAST PIO improve your system?

thanks.
ssos101

Showing 1 response by pbnaudio

First they are Duelund Capacitors and they do offer great performance at a price though. I assume that you want to use them in the crossover for the tweeter requiring either one or two capacitors depending on topology, that can get very expensive, most likely costing many times that of the tweeter it self.

Theres a very good capacitor test Here as you can read the CAST gets absolutely top grade by the guy performing the test, i.e. it is his opinion.

I do use the Duelund VSF capacitors in some of my Superleague speaker models and have on customers request upgraded them to the CAST model in some.

As with anything theres a diminishing return on costs once a certain level is reached and while the CAST are excellent capacitors the VSF models are very good too, other favorites of mine includes the Jupiter HT Beeswax caps and the Jantzen Superior and Silver Z capacitors.

Do they change the sound drastically, no, its more like a spice for lack of a better word, they all flavor a little different.

Good Listening

Peter