Got around last night to fitting 0.1uF bypass caps onto the yellow ebay film cap?
Stan B had mentioned it as a good thing to do...in his usual understated way of course...
flippin 'eck!
I noticed a difference right away, the mid and treble had "changed" somehow...it was a different kind of presentation?
More "texture" is how I would try to describe it?
Theres detail coming through I hadn't heard..really subtle stuff, for instance the WAY a guitar note is being strummed...sustain, harmonics, amplifier noise, all of that.
At first I thought I had lost a bit of bass depth - and I had - and there was less "impact", particulalrly with the big classical stuff.
But the detail was all there, much more so than before. Room ambience, mike noises...very distracting.
I left the Dac playing the telly overnight, I had noticed cap burn in before and whilst I hadnt expected anything (dont know why) with the wee 0.1uF caps I thought I'd give it a go anyway.
This morning the bass was back, big time.
A lot tighter and with more depth..the kind of bass you feel in your trouserlegs!
If you have done the passive mod..get some film caps.
If you have film caps...fit a bypass cap.
..dont ask why, just do it
So what brand of bypass
Originally Posted by Gazjam
Got around last night to fitting 0.1uF bypass caps onto the yellow ebay film cap?
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