Snakeoil Salesman 2 channel setup

[agent_kith]

I'm back to the stock caps after more than 6 months with Jensens capacitors inside the JS-2. But with less capacitance - A 33 k one, and a 10 k one I think (will have to confirm later).

When I hade the Jensens, this is what I wrote back in April last year.
 

Sadly, my system may have lost a tad in clarity. Unfortunately at this stage I can't really tell if this lack of clarity is caused by JS-2 or not because I did have the KillerDAC fixed recently. This album is probably mic'ed up close, Adam's enthusiasm shows up often when he plays. And with this album I suddenly lost the connection with him, his breathings while still audible at time sounds so distant.

And this made me second guess myself, Lisitsa live at the Royal Albert Hall, were the background noise less noticeable compared to what I remembered before? I think it did, something is different, I can’t pin point what it is.

Switching between the two PSUs are inconclusive, changing the rectifier and output valves didn’t matter much either. The same disconnect is still there. While not really noticable with Lisitsa, Adam’s appeared to be alot fuzzier now. Perhaps the much rawer and closer recording of the Gratitude album perhaps makes the difference here. But I don’t really know.

So the question is, did the system loose the ability to highlight micro details? Is there a difference between clarity and resolution? While I do reckon my system is a tad more fuzzy compared to before, resolving ability did not seem to be impacted as much.

The microdetails that appeared to be missing in the past six months are almost now back . Not 100% but it's enough for me to note the "fuzziness" is no longer bothering me.

The emotion connection that I have lost with some of the tracks (mentioned in the above quote) are now back.

Just not too sure about the capacitence. While I don't get 100% of the microdetails with the JS-2+Hashimoto+Stock. Everything seems to sound more exciting, there's a certain "rush" to some of the performances I don't recall I had before with some of my reference tracks.

It'd be a while before I can comment more, but so far I reckon the stock caps is superior to the Jensens. The micro details is something I just cannot give up. If you're more about the macro perhaps the Jensens is a better fit. For me I lost too much emotional connection to the music 2x Jensens is a no go for me.

It'd take me a few more months to decide if I should stick with original 2x 33 k or the current 1x33 k + 1 capacitance.