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Denafrips Terminator vs other dacs
I have owned s lotof dacs the denafripps, Schitt , Yaggs, Belcantops Audio Best,Meitner, ,just to name a few  none are perfect, or fit in well with allsystems ,they all have their own strong points the best resolution guaranteeyou Nothing .persona... 
My experience adding subwoofers to 2 channel
I have bern right around Audio as a Audiophile over 35 years and Audiostoreowner until 08 . Have owned every major brand subwoofer in the past 3 years .without question the best subwoofer with the most technologies by a customer untrue mile trickl... 
Path Audio Resistors - Capacitance ?
I just recently upgraded by whole Loudspeaker Xover with the Path Audio But had to order from Hifi collective in the UK for parts connecxion never has good stock on the Oath Audio resistors I bought 10 8 for my speakers and a pair for the Premium ... 
Jupiter Copper Foil, Paper & Wax Cap Versus Jensen Cap 0.10uF 630Vdc Copper Foil Ceramic
Very rare any quality cap leaks I have used Jensen’s at least 80 over the last 4 years not One has failed back in 2010 they had some issues that was due to sealing the ends ,now they use a heavy solder seal,then. A vacuum silicone on the ends . Th... 
Top resistors
For. Loudspeaker Xovers hands down the Path Audio resistors very musical and natural and super low distortion out of a 10 piece sample notone was more then .75 of 1% which is incredibly accurate I have been using these for several years now the be... 
Path Audio Resistors - Capacitance ?
Erik is correct they have an outer copper shell and the drain wire is optional  in my system I did not find a noticable difference and just cut it and sealed .it has absolutely -0 effect on the high frequencies. Parts connecxion  always fails to b... 
Tube Amps Watts vs SS amp
With tube amps it is not all about the advertised wpc, the transformers ,power supplies are the key and the quality .i have seen a 18 watt parallel SET amp with great monolith transformers destroy a very respectable 100 watt SS amp by having big h... 
Jupiter Copper Foil, Paper & Wax Cap Versus Jensen Cap 0.10uF 630Vdc Copper Foil Ceramic
The added $100s extra for a .01 cast is not worth it the value is so small , thst is why the Duelund .01 ur Bypass cap is used if you wanted a Big difference then justget the wallet out what size is the tweeter capacitor 2-3uf  ? If so over $ 1k f... 
Jupiter Copper Foil, Paper & Wax Cap Versus Jensen Cap 0.10uF 630Vdc Copper Foil Ceramic
Granny ring I agree ,I use the Duelunds as my main best seller in my Loudspeaker Clarifiers a bit pricy $100 each but ,give them a solid 200 hours and they truly do open up the soundstage and micro-details 
Jupiter Copper Foil, Paper & Wax Cap Versus Jensen Cap 0.10uF 630Vdc Copper Foil Ceramic
I have had all Jensen caps the ceramic body is  very open and detailed themost neutral of the Jensen Copper foil caps. The Copper body in my opinion sounds the Most natural  with a very extended but richer upper end.great for Solid state equipment... 
Jupiter Copper Foil, Paper & Wax Cap Versus Jensen Cap 0.10uF 630Vdc Copper Foil Ceramic
The Jensen Copper foil, copper body I like the best of the bunch in my system even more deep soundstage and more organic sounding then the Jupiter Foil,I my 2 systems I have had the same results, since I do mods I have the exact values and 300 hou... 
Jupiter Copper Foil, Paper & Wax Cap Versus Jensen Cap 0.10uF 630Vdc Copper Foil Ceramic
Marish2000 the black gate were excellent caps they are a electrolytic more for power supplies ,ask your tech where it is.No electrolytic cap should  be in the signal path, but it is a great cap for power supplies. On your Jensen how many hours in ... 
Affordable alternativ to the PS Audio DirectStream DAC
I have the Bell canto 2.7 dac and it is very musical and natural sound8ng , upgrade the fuse and put in a quality power cord better still. The Schitt Yaggs is very good also , it excels in detail but in my system the Bel canto sounded more Natural... 
Jupiter Copper Foil, Paper & Wax Cap Versus Jensen Cap 0.10uF 630Vdc Copper Foil Ceramic
Ido a lot of modding ,especially the last 10 years. I make Zobel Clarifiers for Loudspeakers as Well as  rebuild Xovers .yes the Jupiter Copper foil are-excellent But The Jensen Copper foil oiled paper come in 4 case types which all sound differen... 
Daedalus Audio Apollo Speakers
They are nice speakers but Xover components  not even close to top quality , Mundorf evo series way too much plastic takes away from naturalness, Now Duelund capacitors they  are up there their cast, but not their resistors the carbon masks detail...