Originally Posted by
fatmarley
I don't fully agree with that.
Replacing electrolytics with polyprops doesn't always improve the sound and can quite often do the reverse.
The guy said to avoid Tantalum capacitors but I've tried just about everything In the feedback loop of my Onix OA21 amp and Tantalums sound better than anything (low leakage types sound best to my ears).
Look Inside a lot of high-end amps and you'll often see they are full of electrolytic capacitors without a single large value polyprop In sight.
Hi Matt!
..yes, its funny, the more I read on the internet the more I realise its a 50/50% 'split' of opinion for and against all kinds of 'mods', for everything that is suggested there is always someone will a counter argument in disagreement - LOL
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