mantha3 Messages: 72 Registered: May 2012 Location: Lino Lakes, MN
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Nice speakers!
I messed around with Jantzen caps in some Troels Gravsen speakers I built. I had trouble telling the difference from the newer Dayton precision 1% variance caps.
I run 14ga Meniscus audio air core inducers in my 4PI. I thought the bigger gage inducers made an audible difference in my other speakers so I went big on this. Meniscus is a good place and they build these custom and measure. You can even buy with slight +/- on the inducer value
I went with Dayton precision audio resistors. The newer line with a better precision % variance. Came close to going Mills. I wanted to get the resistor values exact to plan.
Perhaps some day I'll have to roll some new caps in my set. With more sensitive speakers perhaps I'll hear the difference more.
I did build my own RCA and XLR cables using .9999 % pure limp limp jewelers silver... Pretty easy stuff to work with. Buy raw in what ever gage you want from online jewlery cos and then just put some heat shrink on it and you have some of the best wire you'd ever need. I have thought about redoing the signal path on my tube amp with the stuff.
Just ideas. sometimes the "audiophile" tag gets put on products and the price is unreal high... You buy the raw material and you get some killer performance with excellent value.