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Modding the AA Capitole mk II

I was wondering if anyone of you tried modding the Capitole mk II player and what were the resoults ?

I just replaced the Holvand coupling caps with teflon V-Caps, which according to some ppl I trust are THE best caps money can buy.

The pair costed me 88USD shipped. I will try to post my initial impressions tomorrow after 24h break-in period.
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tyronej
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Elberoth2,

On the vcap website the oil based OIMP based caps are $57.99, is that correct ?
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elberoth2 OP
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That is correct, but bear in mind that the smallest OIMP value available is 1uF - value 10 times bigger than those used in AA output stage.

You need 0.1uF caps.

For more info go here:

http://v-cap.com/tefloncapacitors.html
tyronej
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I've just placed the v-caps into the capitole and currently have the CD player running overnight on repeat. Initial impressions was alot more suttle cues around the instruments but very unforgiving after first 2 minutes of being turned on. Will keep you posted.
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elberoth2 OP
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Yesterday I have had a chance to directly compare the 100% stock AA Capitole mk II borrowed from a friend to my modded one.

The change is sound quality is as dramatic as I have described earlier. The Capitole with V-caps is oh so much more transparent sounding. The stock player dynamics almost sounds muted.

And still, the modded player remains the organic flavor of the original, it is still very full and natural sounding.

Highly recommended !
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