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Old 06-28-2008, 09:37 PM   #122 (permalink)
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Re: The capacitor thread.

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Originally Posted by Fiesta Red View Post
Has anyone compared the Luxe Bumble Bee repro caps versus the Sprague Hyrel/Vitamin Qs? I have a set of the Luxe's and love them but was wondering how well the Vitamin Qs compare.

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-Mark
Mark - I actually swapped out the Vitamin Q's for the Luxe Repos. The Luxe Repos sound fuller and more balanced. The Vitamin Q's seemed to favor the treble frequencies more and sounded brighter to me.

Plus the Luxe Repos interact with the tone knob better.

Just my .02
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