Time for Obbligatos…
After Elna, BlackGate, and M-Lytic, now it’s time for the Obbligato. My order just arrived yesterday. I bought three types of Obbligato available on the market.
The picture above is the Obbligato Copper Case Aluminum Film Caps. The case is solid copper with soldered copper lead out wires and individually wrapped. The aluminum film is imported from Germany. All measure very close to rated value, max 5% but typically 1-2%. Wound tight, no voids gives a very transparent, smooth sound.
This capacitors looked beautiful with the solid copper case. Looked expensive, heavy, and well designed capacitors.
The second one is the Premium Polypropylene Film Capacitors in Non-Magnetic Case. Values are laser etched into the surface (cool!). Pure copper soldered lead out wires. This capacitors looked professional and expensive (yes, it’s the top of the line of Obbligato, but still cheaper than others - let’s say: Auricap). I love the solid “steel” construction of this capacitors.
Finally, I never miss the oil capacitor. Since Obbligato also offers this kind of capacitor, then I should try it. This is the Obbligato Premium Film Oil Caps with solid lead out wires from one end (radial). The radial design sometimes makes it difficult to be used as coupling capacitor. But, it’s just “a little bit difficult”, not impossible 
I think I’ve got enough capacitors… time to play… 
July 29th, 2008 at 6:20 am
Hello Jimmy,
I’m going to upgrade the crossover of my speakers and I am considering the Obbligato caps.
Have you already tested them ? How do they sound ?
Regards,
Danny
July 29th, 2008 at 9:56 am
They sound quite natural and plain.
It depends on your speaker also… not all speaker will match to all capacitor…
Thank you.
August 11th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Nice website ;o)
I’m waiting for your review…i have planned to try some in a guitar amp perhaps.
Do you know sozo caps?
Regards,
Ben.
August 14th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Hi,
never tried sozo…
Thanks.
August 18th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Hi, may i know how much is those capacitor cost?
September 20th, 2008 at 8:58 am
Hello Jimmy ,
When you say the obbligatos are plain and simple What is that? Tell me how they compare to others mundorf,wonder,mit ect.How are the highs?Is there more semblense or less ,bright ,harsh,soft ect.Same with lows and mids.You have Jadis 7’s and all you can say is plain and simple ….come on.
Gary in Reno
September 20th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Hi Gary,
I don’t own a Jadis 7, just ever tried it (it was my friend’s).
How to explain it… Compared to Wondercap, I think the Obbligato is more “polite”. For me, the Wondercap sounds more dynamic (sometime too dynamic for me)… I think this Obbligato has “Auricap like” sound… the high is quite well pronounced (if you need more, just bypass it with a brighter caps), not too forward or “aggresive”… the mid perhaps not too “thick” like Auricap… but “quite rich” in terms of musicality… the low is ok for me, dont like too much low anyway… takes around 100 hours before it sounds at its max performance…
Thank you.