hi cap to 3.5 or 72?

I have a CD5 and 32.5, a little different to your configuration. I recently undertook an experiment to see if it was worth adding a Hi-Cap to the CD5. To do this I temporarily replaced the NAP135s with a 110 and spent some time swapping the Hi-Cap between the CD5 and the 32.5 and eliminating it altogether. My feeling was that the Hi-Cap produced the greatest gain when connected to the pre-amp. Taking into account the fact that this improvement is available to all sources, then this is where I would connect it. However the result of the experiment is that I now have Hi-Caps connected to both the CD5 and the 32.5,

MarkyB

You don't say what equipment you have.

Markjp

Sorry, the full set up is as follows:

LP12 Lingo/LV2/Troika CD3.5 NAC72/NAP140 Epos ES14 on Epos stands NACA5. Support is an old modular tripod design from about 1990ish Can't remember the name, Sound advice?. Trying to convince the Wife of the aesthetic merits of Fraim !

There is no question here - hicap the 72.

Enjoy!

Phil

Would agree with above Hicap the 72. I have a just added a Hicap to my 62/140 and the transformation to the sound is amazing. I aslo have a 3.5 with Flatcap. I would say it would be worthwhile seeking out a secondhand Flatcap.

Mark

Not wishing to fly in the face of popular opinion and all that.....

BUT,

having been in exactly the same position (cd3.5/72/140), I also pondered the worth of a HiCap on the 72 or cd3.5 (?)

IMHO it took a while for the dealer's advice to sink in fully, but the HiCap turned the cd3.5 into a smoother, less raspy animal all together.
This made the life expectancy of the cd3.5 much longer as it was now (HiCap/cd3.5) much easier to live with, allowing me to appreciate the music!

In the longer term, when I demo'ed a CDX and decided to upgrade, moving the Hicap to the 72 gave a 'double whammy' of an upgrade - improving the scale and dynamics of the audio picture.

To conclude, although the HiCap/72 was tempting at the time, the HiCap/cd3.5 combination did much more for me (finer, more granular sound).

I now suspect that the philosophy 'source first' was being followed (unwittingly by me) by placing the HiCap on the CD3.5

Hope this helps.

Regards

Leigh