erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions I think it has some features which move the CMR more in that direction, yes. But that is very general. I don't hear the over-saturation, over colorful treble. It is cooler/brighter. For a while it also sounded grainy, I hope that goes away soon. :... | |
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions That is up to you. Magico and B&W are big fans. I don’t think people realize at the top end of these ranges how much you are listening to the caps instead of the speaker drivers. It’s a big deal. This is also about Mundorf Supreme | |
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions Very smooth, glass like quality to mid and top octaves, but there’s also a scintillation or over-saturation of colors in the mid to top. It’s not unpleasant, but it’s NOT natural. Real sounds and instruments don’t sound like this" This is th... | |
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions Hi @grannyring Thanks! I meant to say "The most expensive speakers in the Magico and B&W lines rely heavily on Mundorf Supreme's for their sound quality." Best,E | |
| Wilson New Speaker Master Chronosonic That's a really good point. In 10 years or so these speakers will be free to anyone who can remove them from their existing homes. :) Hahahaha. E | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil @grannyring Weren't you saying you prefer the Al to the Cu versions? How do they compare size wise? Best,E | |
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions audio4passI haven’t heard every Mundorf Supreme but here are the traits I associate with them, in general. (The Mundorf MKP is a completely different animal, dark like the Clarity ESA only with more low level detail).Very smooth, glass like qualit... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil What the market will bear is not entirely disassociated from manufacturing costs. Having said this, I have a pair of old shoes I'd happily sell for $5M dollars. If I can get it, great. :) Best,E | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Little theory. A capacitor is 2 conductive plates with an insulator. You can make one out of aluminum foil and wax paper, but it will be very very low Farads. I’ve done it. Tiny capacitance. Like, nano-Farads.Commercial caps use insulators with a ... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! By the way, I just ran the numbers on that. Based on output impedance, and assuming a 1 Ohm speaker impedance the ICEPower 250 A would droop around 2.2 dB at 20 kHz. That’s not unacceptable, and in line of what a tube amp would do to a lot of norm... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! If it were possible to measure, I'd ask for these amps to be measured with a 1 Ohm resistor at 2.83 Volts. :) About 8 Watts. Let's see that first. REW is great, but measuring the speakers adds a ton of confounds. I say this as a speaker maker and... | |
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions Also, to anyone doing capacitor comparisons, it is WAY easier to do them by replacing them in only one channel than both. This actually reminds me a little of Carver's approach to amplifier comparison. http://www.stereophile.com/content/carver-ch... | |
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions So less than 24 hours in I really don't like the change. Yes, there's more air, but it's due to an exaggerated treble IMHO. It has the treble hype of the top end Mundorf's without their glass smoothness. More later. Erik | |
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions Cymballs sound more prominent now. I want to wait for a few days before assessing that this is a real difference. I think there are some fantastic sounding metal dome's. They don't all have the oil-can resonance that characterized so much of the m... | |
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions OK, caps are in my left speaker only. And they are hacked in with jumper cables.I like to change caps on one side only sometimes, it helps me figure out what the real differences are by what now sounds muted. This will probably change over next 48... |