Need your inputs/reviews guys on the following coupling caps, which would you prefer and why? Personal opinions, mga sirs ![Smiley :)](https://www.pinoydvd.com/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
Sprague "Orange Drops", Sprague "Atoms", Black Cat, Auri Caps, Solen, Illinois, Jensen, Cerafine, MIT
hmmm, ano pa bang coupling caps. ![Roll Eyes ::)](https://www.pinoydvd.com/Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif)
These are from personal experience. YMMV
Black Cats - no good. Harsh, glary & grainy mids. Rolled off Lo's & hi's
Orange Drops - Cheap, closer to "vintage sound". If you want this, get the 716 rather than the 715. Value for money
Auricaps - more refined, smooth, sweet, detailed & neutral. Could be expensive.
Solen- ok but not great. Cheap, Not as refined and smooth as the auricaps. Mids can be a little forward.
Illinois - good compromise between cost & quality. Don't get the polyester versions. Not as good as the polustyrene or polyprop.
Jensen - have not heard the copper foil PIO's. The Alum PIO's are musical, airy and sweet with a lot of bloom tho have a tendency to sound lack punch. At best in the Mids but these are expensive caps.
Hovland Musicaps - in the same league as the auricaps but not as smooth and sweet. Good transients and dynamics but a little tilted in the mids for my taste.
MTX - Good dynamics and focus. Clean extended highs. Also expensive.
Bear in mind the value also changes the sonics to some extent.