Nice. The Kimbers were from Ray out of Salt Lake, were reportedly subs for Jensens at some point by Cary. Definitely worth trying caps as-is and rolling different 6SN7s. As I recall, the Kimber caps were a little more transparent than Jensen oilers. The George Cardas caps out of Bandon OR were made for a number of years and discontinued by Cardas Co. I still have a new full set of those brand new I pulled from my former SLI-80 amp. Saving those for a project or part with 'em later if I don't.
From an old post, fwiw, clip/quote: "Cary Audio (also Audio Electronic Supply) used Kimber Kaps in their tube amps.When they offer an upgrade they substitute the Kimber for Jensen copper foil in oil capacitors. I have the AES SuperAmp 2 with Kimber Kaps and I'm quite amazed at this amps clarity and quickness", unquote. Good Luck, should be nice. :) |
So far so good. Rolled in a quad of the Sophia Electric 6SN7s and while OK, they are a bit on the lush/warm side for me. Rolled the out and replaced with coin-base Sylvania and much better. Have a couple of sets of GE & Tung-Sol and Syl standard base to try, as well.
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Removed the 2nd pair of coke-bottle 6SN7s and rolled in a set of the re-issue Tung-Sol. Have the coin-base Syl in 2 & 3 and the Tung-Sol in 1 & 4 and has tightened up the sound. Will be listing the coke-bottle 6SN7s. They are great for headphones in Woo amps, but not so much thru speakers. Obviously, YMMV.
Also, while the load is badly mis-matched (47K when should be 100ohm), there is plenty of gain with my Kontrapunk-b cartridge thru the phono-stage. Have a pair of JAN Phillips 12AU7s and the EH in the 12AX7 position. Will roll in the SUT before long to see how that helps. The K-b sounds a bit 'lifeless' with the 47K load. Volume at about 10 o'clock, so not that bad. Will also rolling in a set of the Sovtek 12AX7LPS to try at some point. |
Wonder if replacing the stock 0.22uf coupling caps with 0.33uf coupling caps would roll off the highs? Have you ever tried doing so?
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Prior research noted if the coupling stage is part of the feedback loop there can be stability issues. Other references indicating a need to check circuit design, sometimes shifting around can cause low frequency stability issues. Would recommend to check with the circuit designer before doing so. |
Yes. I would ask Dennis Had if I thought he would reply. Stock values will be fine.
Someday I'll likely roll in a set of the Mundorf MCap Supreme SG in place of the KimberKaps. I might go with big Clarity caps, but I'm not sure I'm willing to wait the inordinate time it takes the Clarity caps to break-in. That's a lot of hours on output tubes for not much gain, if any, over the Mundorfs, which take about 1/5 the time, or less. Edit 1: After reading a number of reviews on caps have ordered a quad of Audyn 0.22uf True Copper Max caps to roll into my Cary amp to replace the KimberKaps. More later. Same 2% tolerance as the Mundorf for half the cost and, hopefully, similar to Mundorf (and not Clarity) in break-in time. Edit 2: Immediate improvement in clarity & detail with the new caps. More authority in bass. Looking forward to even better. For whatever reason, the Cary amp & Canton speakers are a love-fest (to my ears). |
The Jensen caps started leaking again. Now breaking in the Mundorfs.
Overall, a very impressive sound |
How are the mundorfs by now? Interested in hearing what you think —thank you !
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