Stumbled on my old thread so here's an update. The old Baron has new life. The V-Caps are burned in by now. Threw those Wimas away....there is no way I could solder in a 1/8 inch long lead.....put Eton caps in there. Sold all my Nordost cable, and bought Syn Res Ref. Hardwired crossovers with Kimber hook-up and Cardas posts. Ran dedicated power. I now have sweet voice and violin with no edge or grain, and powerful, tight bass. Every change I made was a noticible improvement. I no longer think the old Baron is a weak link in any way. The only one thing I should probably address, is that I can't quite get the bias to where it should be. The hotter the amp gets, the closer the bias gets to it's proper setting, but not quite. But, this is the first time ever that I don't have a huge urge to change something......well....maybe a new Wadia :)
Replacing caps in a Mesa Baron and need some help.
I'm on unfamiliar ground here and I hope you guys can help me out. I'm assuming bypass caps would be in the neighborhood of the tube sockets, and power supply caps would be in the area of the transformers? Mesa is sending me their recommended Wima caps, all are .1 uf. Are there better caps? And are caps actually designed to be bypass (amplifier) caps, rather than for instance, crossover caps? Just for reference, I have always felt that the Baron amp is a bit overstated in the bottom end, but liquid midrange and treble.
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