Thiel Owners

Thanks for the post, @tomthiel. Interesting history of the origin of those 1 uF and how they were later used to improve performance of the Solens in other models.

I don’t see “PUR+” on Clarity’s website. Are those the 800 V PURs? Have you heard reports of how PUR compares to CMR? I’m curious to read reports of PUR sonics. Maybe I’ll become convinced to upgrade the CSAs, at least in the coax feeds.

Can you say more about your bypass comparison? I’m imagining you compared full-value SA/CSA against SA/CSA less 1 uF + 1 uF ELPAC. Your post suggests “capacitor tizz” is the result of discontinuities among paralleled caps. That makes sense to me but I’m wondering why this seems *not* an issue when bypassing with even smaller caps. As you know, I bypassed the CSA coax feeds with Multicap RTX at just under 1%. In my comparisons, the bypasses improved transients and, *maybe*, further improved resolution. I did not hear any deleterious effects.  

To get that 14 uF on the CS2.4 coax board, I’ve been suggesting DIYers get 10 + 3.9 CSA and add a 0.1 bypass (Multicap RTX, Audyn True Copper Max, or Jupiter copper foil depending on budget). But maybe the best course is a pair of 7 uF which, apparently will be available per Clarity’s website (although I’ll be surprised if all values on that sheet are stocked by PartsConnexion and Madisound). Might still be worth adding the ~1% bypass for improved transients but your post implies paralleled main caps should be balanced as evenly as possible. And what about that 28 uF cap? Do you think cap discontinuities would be audible with 18 + 10 uF? Or would it be worthwhile to bundle 4 x 7 uF?