Posted on Monday, 17th August 2009 by Auw Jimmy

I just change my old “Aruki” Korean oil-can capacitor to ASC and Mundorf MCap Supreme. The configuration before is 60 uF and 40 uF Aruki Capacitor, now changed to 3.3 uF MCap Supreme and 40 uF ASC X386s.

The effect? The mid and high are getting more liquid. Background is even darker, with better separation and richer timbre. No surprise some people love the film and oil capacitor on the Power Supply section, and this MCap + ASC combination also proves such theory.

For cheaper solution, I usually go with Solen or SCR.

Tags: Aikido, ASC, mundorf
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Posted on Friday, 1st May 2009 by Auw Jimmy

I digged my old boxes and found this old vintage capacitor, Nippon Chemicon RWE 820uF/550VDC. Very big in size (a little bit bigger than my ASC 40uF/440VAC and surely a giant compared to AA battery). This electrolytic capacitor is a legend one, made for inverter application. Equipped with screw type terminal, this capacitor is really ready to rumble.

Tags: ASC, Audio, Capacitor, DIY-Audio, nippon chemicon
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