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  Psvane Teflon capacitors real or fakes?
These are great looking capacitors and supposed to be competing against the Audience, Rel, V-Cap, and Sonicap Teflon capacitors. A couple of my tweaky friends who have no end to new capacitors gave them a try and had one quit after a month or so, and with the wire cut off, no return possible. So they cut it open, yes they are curious, and according to them, the guts looked like mylar, measured like mylar??? Could these not be Teflon caps after all??? I open this for discussion with some of the tweaky electonic minds out there to get to the bottom of this. If they are not genuine teflon, I would not want fellow audiophiles to get ripped by another false claim. But to be fair, real verifiable data should be submitted here, no guesswork. I trust my friends, but I did not do the test, so I open it to other philes. Hey, I like a great deal too, but if it is not as advertised, I get pissed too. Take a look fellow philes, and lets solve the mystery....Jallen
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01-20-12
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01-20-12   Where did your friends buy the psvane caps? can you post the ...   Grantfidelity

01-20-12   Not sure how to post pictures in the forum - but here are th ...   Grantfidelity

01-20-12   Dear jallen, it is not difficult to differential teflon from ...   Sniper9999

01-20-12   I purchased some psvane capacitors a few weeks back and imme ...   Serengetiplains

01-20-12   Greetings, i received the test measurements from my friend ...   Jallen

01-21-12   To be fair i would purchase the caps from an authorized deal ...   Sniper9999

01-21-12   Teflon is 'soft' to the touch compared to mylar. if the my ...   Magfan

01-21-12   Magfan, yes, you're looking at total surface area as one fac ...   Serengetiplains

01-22-12   A note of caution from an old fogie. 270 c and teflon do no ...   Terry9

01-22-12   Hf....also known as hydrofluoric acid is really bad news. i ...   Magfan

01-22-12   The psvane caps i got from the authorized dealer is definite ...   Sniper9999

01-23-12   Sniper9999 do you feel at liberty to disclose which authoriz ...   Eleet

01-23-12   I am afraid some distributors have been deceived about this ...   Jallen

01-23-12   Do not mess w hf if you do not know what you are doing!   Swampwalker

01-23-12   If your dielectric is heating up at all; it's because you ar ...   Rodman99999

01-23-12   There is no point to divert attention, i suggest anyone who ...   Sniper9999

01-24-12   Response to grant fidelity, i will post pics when they arri ...   Jallen

01-24-12   Of course you are correct, rodman. no component. but what i ...   Terry9

01-24-12   Magfan, i think the arthritic feeling comes from caf2 precip ...   Terry9

01-25-12   Mr t- point taken! happy listening!   Rodman99999

01-28-12   I have received a segment from a copper teflon capacitor cou ...   Jallen

01-31-12   Here is the official answer: china has been on holidays so ...   Grantfidelity

01-31-12   Went to grant fidelity and now my computer thinks i speak fr ...   Magfan

02-01-12   On the 1/20/2012 post, the comment from grant fidelity state ...   Jallen

02-01-12   I had hoped to hear from one or more of the other manufactur ...   Jallen

02-01-12   To answer jallen: if you read my answer line by line: it sta ...   Grantfidelity

02-01-12   Did that last nite. for a second, i though my computer had ...   Magfan

02-01-12   Grant fidelity, my reference was to the 1/20/2012 post. you ...   Jallen

02-01-12   This seems unambiguous to me: it is for improving your audi ...   Serengetiplains

02-02-12   I am surprised to parts connexion is on radio silence for t ...   Jallen

02-02-12   Hi everybody, i am a hong konger and we chinese are the same ...   Sniper9999

02-01-12   With all due respect, rachel (i understand you may simply be ...   Chrisvh

02-03-12   All excellent points chris. i think it's very clear here ...   Jtwrace

02-03-12   i am not jallen, a few years ago they were called out for s ...   Cpk

02-03-12   This is a sad day for audio. the quick dollar seems to trum ...   Jallen

02-03-12   To answer to chris from vh audio: 1. the misunderstanding ...   Grantfidelity

02-03-12   I wonder if grant fidelity will refund anyone that wants to ...   Jtwrace

02-03-12   Maybe a voucher for one of those third tier products nobody ...   Audiofeil

02-04-12   I wold like to point out that besides not having a teflon di ...   Casouza

02-04-12   Gf cannot absolve themselves from liability here as they are ...   Audiofeil

02-04-12   The downside of pure copper is that it oxidizes like crazy a ...   Magfan

02-05-12: Salectric
Credibility is everything in the field of component parts. It's not realistic to expect the end user to dissect caps or other parts to confirm the materials claimed to be used. I was skeptical from day one about Psvane, Treasure and Grant Fidelity due to all this talk about sole distributor, counterfeit copies, testing and grading, etc. Now GF admits that the caps were falsely represented. Just speaking for one consumer, I will never buy anything associated with Psvane (or GF for that matter).
Salectric  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)


02-05-12   I will never buy anything associated with psvane (or gf for ...   Jtwrace

02-05-12   U get what u pay for. if it seems good to be true then it i ...   Johnsonwu

02-05-12   Re: copper oxidation- gold is the only metal foil that will ...   Rodman99999

02-06-12   Copper stability has nothing to deal with psvane's credibili ...   Sniper9999

02-06-12   From a dealer's perspective i agree with rodman. a few yea ...   Audiofeil

02-11-12   Have any of you had opportunity to compare the copper or tin ...   Jallen

02-12-12   I'm waiting for rachel to exit the bunker and re-start the s ...   Audiofeil

02-22-12   Hello jallen. i tested tin v-caps against relcap teflons fo ...   Terry9

02-22-12   Should read rtx also sounded good ...   Terry9

02-26-12   I have heard good things about the rel's, but have read seve ...   Jallen

02-26-12   I have tried the rtx and found them to be a bit compressed s ...   Jallen

02-26-12   A streamlined burn-in solution: (http://phonoclone.com/diy-r ...   Rodman99999

03-09-12   You may wish to dismiss my comments as uninformed, because i ...   Terry9

03-12-12   Sorry but have to disagree. even the cheap russian teflons ...   Johnsonwu

03-16-12   I have heard the v-caps in enough circuits and compared with ...   Jallen

03-17-12   I agree that teflon caps, including the russian ones, make m ...   Terry9

03-18-12   Is rachel still in hiding?   Audiofeil

03-19-12   I'd think if you duped that many people you would still be h ...   Jtwrace

03-26-12   What's needed here is a bunker buster to get rachel and gf o ...   Audiofeil

03-27-12   What exactly do you want to hear from them?   Jtwrace

03-27-12   Ummmmm......the truth? although i'll settle for a woo hoo o ...   Audiofeil

03-28-12   Oh. i thought "chrisvh" posted the truth above on ...   Jtwrace


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