Has anybody here used Jantzen caps in their amps?, say coupling caps and other 'critical' areas?
Are they good, no difference, waste of money?, thanks for any input.
Are they good, no difference, waste of money?, thanks for any input.
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corndog71- Posts : 840
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I've tried their lower end models and didn't care for them. They sounded a bit dark and had less detail than other caps I've tried. I hear their higher end ones aren't bad but I haven't tried them myself.
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I tend to agree with Peter ... I have used the Jantzen Crosscaps in rebuilding older speaker crossovers. They are supposed to be + or - 5% but when I measured them they were within 2% of the actual value. These caps are made in Finland (although Jantzen is a Danish company) to very high standards and are much better than generic Chinese caps. EVERY older speaker that I rebuilt with the Jantzen Crosscaps (made for crossover networks) sounded better than the original caps that came with the speakers. Maybe that is not a fair comparison because some of the speakers were from the '60's and '70's and the caps were old and caps do many times deteriorate over 40+ years .. As to their upper level "Z-caps", I have never heard one so I cannot comment on their sound ..
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what about Jantzen caps as coupler caps etcBob Latino wrote:I tend to agree with Peter ... I have used the Jantzen Crosscaps in rebuilding older speaker crossovers. They are supposed to be + or - 5% but when I measured them they were within 2% of the actual value. These caps are made in Finland (although Jantzen is a Danish company) to very high standards and are much better than generic Chinese caps. EVERY older speaker that I rebuilt with the Jantzen Crosscaps (made for crossover networks) sounded better than the original caps that came with the speakers. Maybe that is not a fair comparison because some of the speakers were from the '60's and '70's and the caps were old and caps do many times deteriorate over 40+ years .. As to their upper level "Z-caps", I have never heard one so I cannot comment on their sound ..
Bob
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I don't know ? Maybe someone else who has used these as main coupling caps could comment on their sound ?
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For coupling caps, I really prefer Mundorf SGO. I do not think there are many better other than Dueland
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