[dangerbird]

Hiya,, just became a proud owner of a Cornet II,,it has Auricaps (1.0 uF) and a couple of .1's.I am completely happy with the soundstage,etc,but was wanting some suggestions regarding capacitors to tweak it up a tad.Curremtly running smooth plate12AX7 Telefunkens ,RCA 12AU7 cleartop and a Sovtek 5AR4.Any suggestions regarding caps and tubes would be appreciated.
Thanks--george

[WGH]

A nice combination is:

C208 - Mundorf Silver/Oil 1uF bypassed with a Russian Teflon Capacitors FT-3 0.1uF 600V (eBay)
C200 & 206 - Sonicap Gen1 1uF 600VDC
C203 - Sonicap Platinum .1uf 400VDC
C202 - Sonicap Gen1 47nF 600VDC
C204 - Sonicap Gen1 1nF 600VDC

I bought the Sonicaps and Mundorfs from Sonic Craft.

Wayne

[dangerbird]

Thank you kindly.

[dangerbird]

Well,, the Russian Teflons came today,,one question,is the body of it conductive?

[tubesurf]

Yes - it is.  I use large heat shrink to insulate these caps.

[dangerbird]

Thanks-- I thought it was,, well,,now all of the caps are in,, it sounds like I just moved a few rows back,,the highs are nice though,very smooth,,so I'm just gonna sit back and wait for them to burn in.

[dangerbird]

Folks,, I think that I can safely say that the caps are burned in now--this thing has got detail in spades and is just simply fast and musical. I followed the capacitor recipe described/suggested above and it is simply spectacular.I think that one would have to spend alot more to approach the performance of this unit.Thanks to all for taking the time to post suggestions,,it certainly made this upgrade much easier.