Foreplay III stock - coupling caps suggestions sought

[Mr. Lin]

Gee I wonder what in the world it could be?

Someone on this forum (sorry I can't remember their user name at the moment) explained in detail how to make a dummy load with a capacitor so you can just attach it by itself to the speaker binding posts on your amp.  Also there are system break in CDs that I imagine might possibly work for that, and cable "cookers," which is what I'm currently using, and is a convenient, simple, and effective method of burning in capacitors.  I've had a pair of .1mf Russian Teflon capacitors on my Hagtech "Frybaby" for nearly two months.  The forum member I mentioned above says Teflon caps take a lot longer to burn in, and about two and half to three weeks is fine.  I've only left mine like that for so long because I don't currently need them, nor do I currently need to use the Frybaby for anything else at the moment, and I figure it can't hurt.

 

[Grainger49]

  .  .  .   Question though is how do you burn in a capcitor? <-- these things take like 600hours :-o & I am an impatient person

The more voltage you swing across a capacitor, the more current you get through them. 

For Teflon caps I go for 300 hours, say 12 days continuous, should work for yours:

Fast Break-In Instructions

 

[earwaxxer]

a bit late to the party on this one...my pupils dilate a bit whenever I read about cap discussions. Rolled several caps through my system. Of course, I have not paid the "big bucks" for the Duelund Casts, V-caps etc., but my experience has been that the Mundorf Supreme/Silver-Oils have been my favorites. I have some Obbigattos that I had in my speaker crossovers for awhile. They were a bit "sloppy" IMO. Switched to Amphom paper/oils. Better. Ended up bypassing them with Mundorf silver/oils for the hell of it. Fantastic. I have some Mundorf Supremes in the Quickie. Much better than the kit caps. Not sure if silver/oils would be better? When I get my new power amp I will hack the silver/oils from my Mouse and try them in the Quickie.

Bottom line - caps are huge, and as expensive (or more) than tube rolling!

 

[epistaxsis]

Grainger:

Many thanks - I knew you had written about it, just couldn't find it!

The capacitors, surprisingly, arrived just before christmas - THEY ARE HUGE!!!

So it is new chassis time...

 

[Grainger49]

That post is buried in a Paramount thread.  I need to copy it to my folder and give a new link.  The subject will be easily searchable.