ClarityCap CMR

[Marco]

Kind of, but I try not to talk of hi-fi in terms of 'warm' or 'cold'. For me, it's all about the music, and revealing exactly what should be on recordings, with minimal influence from the electronics

Marco.

[TAS]

Thanks for your contribution to the discussion, i hope somebody else has tried or tring the CMR...or at least claritycap products compared to mundorf for exmaple

[Marco]

No problem. I've also used Mundorf (M-CAP Supremes), I should've mentioned that. The Mundorfs are also very good indeed. In speaker applications, I'd say they shade it over the MRs, but the Jantzens, for me, are still the best I've heard so far, unless you're seeking to 'tailor' the sound in some way.

Marco.

[TAS]

so for you mundorf supreme standard are better than MR ?, excuse me but i don't understand

[Marco]

The Silver/Golds... "Better" is of course subjective, and in loudspeaker applications, also highly dependent on the inherent sonic characteristics of the drivers, in terms of achieving synergy. Therefore, in that respect, it's almost impossible to ascertain whether my "better" is your "better"

All I can do is describe what I've heard in my experience, and hope that you can glean something useful from that.

Marco.

[The Black Adder]

In my XO's I've also used Jensen PIO's (alloy cased)... they are magnificent.

So far I've experimented with most but for bass and clarity I would go for:

HF: Duelund cast, MR (or CMR) in HF,
MID: ESA, MR, Mundorf Silver & Gold PIO's, Aluminum PIO, or Jensen PIO's
LF: SA, ESA, MR. Also the cheap SCR's are also excellent value.

In the HF, the Duelund casts were nice but to be honest, for the money MR's, CMR's are a no brainer. Duelund caps are more 'show-off' as the MR's and CMR's IMO are just as good.

I also found (as Marco previously did) that resistors do add the strawberry to the top so I use the Duelund graphite (pencils) resistors (normal and Cast versions). Path and Mills resistors are also very good indeed. Duelunds are one of those little treats if your pocket is deep enough.

As far as inductor coils go, it's Mundorf all the way utilising both foil and conventional type with the baked wire method.

There, got my geekness out on this fine Wednesday morn.

[YNWaN]

Jantzen do a terrific range of coils (of all types and are baked as standard (not an extra cost option as with Mundorf). You see the Jantzen coils in many high end speaker crossovers and you can custom order specific values.

In commercial speakers, even very high end ones, you rarely see above ClarityCap ESA and even those that boast Mundorf components usually use the lower range parts. If a speaker does use the ultra expensive Duelund components they always cost vast sums and always use very simple first order crossovers (i.e. Not many actual components).

[TAS]

Jantzen do a terrific range of coils (of all types and are baked as standard (not an extra cost option as with Mundorf). You see the Jantzen coils in many high end speaker crossovers and you can custom order specific values.

yes you are right!, the quality of jantzen coil is huge!
also, jantzen bake all its coil also the economic ones, mundorf no and have very extra cost (maybe for name hystory)

[The Black Adder]

I've only used Jantzen on LF. Very good, no real difference between mundorf, but then I doubt there would be on the LF anyway.

The physical size was good too.

[TAS]

what jantzen hve you used ?, the black one or blue one ?