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Help choosing coupling caps

I have an Audioprism Mantissa tubed linestage and have upgraded the caps to teflons (Chris V V caps) amazing sound and very revealing

I'm now thinking of changing the caps on my dodds. i'm looking at v caps once again however the cost and revealing nature of these caps may become "too much of a good thing" and perhaps I should look at a similar quality cap that errs a bit on the neutral/warm side of things

Anyone have experience using different caps in conjunction with Chris Teflons
i'm in process of gathering information at this time any relevant input is very much appreciated
musicfile

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musicfile OP
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Anyone have any experience with the Russian k40 as coupling caps in tube amps.
I heard these work very well with teflons
musicfile OP
341 posts
 
please let me know your impressions on the duelund caps
and how they sound

Thanks
Pat
musicfile OP
341 posts
 
thanks
I will definitely check them out do you have a link where you got yours. Also do they carry 0.22 values
musicfile OP
341 posts
 
Thanks to all those that have posted
I will more then likely replace my amps stock coupling caps with Mundorf Silver and Oil.
I've heard these are very sweet sounding and seem to have what I need and should be a good match with teflons.
musicfile OP
341 posts
 
Thanks Atmasphere for your informative reply's

I'm hesitant to use vcaps both in my pre amp and amps
I feel i'm going to get too much of a detailed sound something i'm trying to avoid
In terms of leakage I realize using teflons avoids this however were speaking long term when discussing possible cap leakage. Is that correct?
musicfile OP
341 posts
 
After a bit of humming and hawing i'm going to try out the k40 PIO replacing the coupling caps in my tube amps.
These have great potential.... we shall soon find out

Thanks to everyone that posted ..your input is very much appreciated
musicfile OP
341 posts
 
Quick update
I used the mundorfs in my cdp and I really like the sound now hoping to get a similar performance with the Russian Caps in my Amps
IMO Russian caps in combination with Teflons is a very good mix
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