New Signature Series
A
Breakthrough in Musical Transparency!
Hear
More of Your Music!
The new InfiniCap
Signature series combines staggering transparency with exquisite musical
naturalness. The Signature series sounds even better than other Teflon
caps, oil-filled caps, or film-foil caps-for far less money!
Connoisseurs have
long been flocking to the .01uF and .033uF Signature caps for their incredible
sound. We then succeeded in extending the magic of the Signature design
to a full lineup of cap values, using new materials and construction.
And now our pioneering research has
just created 2 new families of ruggedized Signature
InfiniCaps with incredible sonic
abilities: Gold and Black Magic (see over).
This whole Signature Collection now
offers exactly the sound you want, to match your system, your music, your
own listening tastes.
"S" vs. "d" Construction
The original Hotrod
(thin wrap) Signature comes in two basic versions. Type S, for music
lovers, sounds just like a tube amp, and wreaks amazing musical magic with
your recordings, helping them sound more like real live music by
bringing out music's natural rich warmth, lower midrange bloom, and liquid
upper midrange and trebles; it actually sound better (more musically natural)
than the straight wire bypass reference.
Type d(direct), for purists,
sounds like the straight wire bypass; it lacks the romantic rich bloom
in the warmth and lower midrange, is slightly less liquid, more immediate,
harder in the upper midrange, and has slightly faster upper treble.
Specify S for type S ($1 extra),
d
for type d. Appearance note: S type construction requires a thin
end coat, to seal in special S ingredients inside; d type ends are bare
metal.
Hotrod vs. Ruggedized R and TR packaging
The Hotrod audiophile
capacitor package, built like a racing car for ultimate performance without
compromise, has a thin wrap and needs to be handled with respect. We also
make the new, ruggedized Gold and Black Magic Signature families; they
have a thick, sturdy tape wrap around the body plus a clear, thin end seal($2
extra total) --and a thick epoxy end fill is a further option for OEM quantities.
See over for sonic descriptions.
Higher voltage 425v
(or 310v) caps always sound better than lower voltage (200v), more than
justifying their higher cost. That's why we make InfiniCap in the
best sounding(highest) voltage that's practical for each capacitance. That's
also why the 425v InfiniCaps (through 4 uF) sound better than the 310v
ones.
The breakthrough
technology of InfiniCap allowed us to make them shorter, while still optimizing
sound. This shorter length(1.55" for all values .22uF up) makes it much
easier to substitute InfiniCaps for all other capacitors.
Due to geometry,each
value has its own sonic personality. The very best sounding InfiniCaps
are the 4,2,l,10,.68,.33, .1 uF. Use these if possible (.68 instead of
.47, 4 instead of 5, etc.); it's OK to substitute different values
in electronics(not speakers).
Bypassing
Every large InfiniCap
is very fast. Without any bypass, it beats all other caps, even
those helped by a bypass (internal or external). But our .01 & .033
film-foil bypasses are so amazing, they improve speed and treble transparency
even further.
The best bypasses
to use depend on circuit impedance: in most electronic circuits, add a
.01 or .033 in parallel with each larger InfiniCap. In low impedance circuits,
such as power supplies,use a 0.033 or .1. For ultra low impedances(speaker
crossovers), use a .1 in parallel with each larger InfiniCap.
If you use a 5uF
or larger cap. you might also add a .68 as an extra bypass, for ultimate
clarity through the upper midrange.
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