Comments on: VCap TFTF on Power Supply Test

By: Auw Jimmy

Auw Jimmy — Sat, 07 May 2011 13:38:05 +0000

Hi,
FT-3 is good, but don’t expect them to close the VCap.
Thanks.

By: Jan Soldan

Jan Soldan — Fri, 06 May 2011 12:57:14 +0000

Hi Jimmy,
Thanks for your recommendation. I checked price of 3.3 uF VCap and because my new project has 6 independent PSU, it need astronomical budget. So I must wake up. If you can choose good PIO or FT-3 (15pcs parallel) what will by your preference? Must be the best to try and compare in concrete equipment, but buy so many capacitors is not cheap game. So I would like to know your opinion. Thanks. Sincerely Jan

By: Auw Jimmy

Auw Jimmy — Thu, 05 May 2011 11:24:45 +0000

Hi Jan,
VCap definitely better than FT-3. Never compare with Mundorf.
Thanks.

By: Jan Soldan

Jan Soldan — Thu, 05 May 2011 02:13:03 +0000

Hi Jimmy,
do you have some new experiences about use VT-3 vs. V-Cap TFTF as the first filtration capacitor? I consider use 3.3uF Mundorf O/S or 15x 0.22uF FT-3 or 3.3uF V-Cap, but the last one is too expensive. And what about parallel combination PIO like Mundorf + FT-3? Thanks for your recommendation.

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Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:03:39 +0000

[...] capacitors (FT-3) and got significant improvement on the sound staging. He was poisoned by the VCap Power Supply trick as I did on my pre-amp, so he tried the cheap Teflon solution first, the Russian FT-3 before going [...]

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Jimmy’s Junkyard » Blog Archive » Slowing Down the Tone… — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:40:46 +0000

[...] do love the improvement after I finish the VCap TFTF Capacitor Mods on my Aikido Power Supply. The staging is awesome. I could “see” not only a center [...]

By: daz_bike

daz_bike — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:05:32 +0000

Thanks. I Enjoy your junkyard!

By: Jimmy Auw

Jimmy Auw — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:47:15 +0000

Yes, but not yet broken-in.
FT-3 also gives significant in terms of staging improvement. But don’t know how good compared to VCap. I’m too lazy to break-in those FT-3. Will try it later
Thanks.

By: daz_bike

daz_bike — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:39:01 +0000

Hi Jimmy,

Had a chance to compare FT-3 to Vcap in the power supply section?

Curious to have your findings. Thanks.

By: Jimmy Auw

Jimmy Auw — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:13:14 +0000

No, 0.94uF at first Caps, after the Rectifier and Choke.

Thanks.

By: SS

SS — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:41:00 +0000

how you arrange the sequence? 560uf-40uf-0.94uf?

By: Jimmy Auw

Jimmy Auw — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:28:20 +0000

I have another M-Lytic 560uF inside (3 Chokes 3 Capacitors)…

I use Choke Input, not Capacitor Input. No resistor on the Power Supply.

Thanks.

By: SS

SS — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:17:04 +0000

So your power supply cap now is 40uf-choke-0.94uf-plate resistor??