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rollo:
Anyone tried the V-cap teflons? Well they are not cheap but this has to be the most nrutral and dynamic cap I ever used. It does everything just so right. They take 450 Hrs to fully break in. So if you have a cable break in device use it to break in caps. It takes 21 days to do so .
        To date the V-caps have surpassed Auri, Mundorf Silver/oil, silver/gold and Hovland. If you have the scratch go for these caps, you will not regret the expense once broken in and playing.

Bunky:
I am going to replace the factory Jensen paper and oil caps in the signal path of my BAT VK 60 tube amplifier with V-Cap teflons of the same value....WCW III

richidoo:
Depending on how it works out for you Bunky, I may try it on my Cary integrated.

jrebman:
Rollo,

Glad to hear this worked out well in your application, and yes, V-caps (either flavor) are wonderful (I've used both) but may not always be the right fit for best overall synergy of any given system.

Sonicap Platinums are also wonderful, a little less expensive and have a little more air on the top end, where V-caps tend to have slightly sweeter mids -- and I emphasize *slightly* as both caps are truly excellent.  Then there's the new cap in town -- the MWI MOIP caps (and maybe teflons too?) and these appear to be getting a serious look from some experienced people.

Also, I don't think that a teflon cap is always the best choice -- it all gets back to synergy and what type of voicing you are looking for.  I can imagine for example, that a teflon cap in certain vintage pieces would totaly change the voicing to something that may not be compatible with the other components or the signature sound of the original.

I also probably wouldn't use a cable burn-in device for caps -- it's not a realistic, real-world music signal, is most likely not at the correct level, depending on where the cap is used, and just seems like a bad idea to me.  I think if this were to be a beneficial way of breaking in these caps the manufacturers would be building large break-in devices and running the caps in before selling them, because who wants to sit around for 600 - 1000 hours for them to fully form?

Sorry, but no matter how good a part, piece of gear, etc., blanket "this is the best" recommendations always leave me a little skeptical.

-- Jim

bpape:
When a friend of mine modded his pre, he ended up using BOTH flavors of V-Caps in it.  The Teflons were used as the tube coupling caps while the OIMPs were used as the output caps.  A very nice combination of warmth and detail. 

IMO, all OIMPs or all Teflons would have been too much in one direction.

When I did mine (same pre), the manufacturer had changed the coupling caps to Mundorf Supremes.  I left those in place and did the OIMPs for the outputs and in my system, I have no desire to change the others at that point.

I'll agree that it depends on the system, your taste, your desired voicing, etc.  The Teflons are probably the most neutral caps I've heard.

Bryan

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