Softest, smoothest sounding capacitors you've tried?
Since I'm going for a very vintage sound (my preference), what caps have you tried (speakers or coupling) that struck you as super soft and/or smooth sounding (which would include the effect of being very low distortion). Resolution's irrelevant here. I need large values (2.2uF and 3.3uF), so Russian jobbies are out (already tried them years ago -- they were "OK")
Much of the, "vintage sound" you're referring to was generated by the carbon composition resistors used, back in the day. There are still a variety of Cornell-Dubilier, Black Cat capacitors available, that seemed a favorite, among many audio component designers as well, though: few in the higher uF values. ie: https://www.vivatubes.com/lot-of-4x-vintage-black-cat-black-beauty-axial-oil-capacitor-047uf-600v/ |
