When it comes to the top of the mountain for signal path electrolytic capacitors, nobody seems to be able to beat Black Gate™ capacitors. The price tag on these boys is just outrageous. I was able to buy 6 of them for just under $80 and those were used!! They definitely did impress me though, I can’t argue with the performance they seem to have. The ESR was so low, one meter couldn’t read it.
- JelMax Black Gate™ Patent #1 Oct 15, 1991 (12pg) #5057972
- JelMax Black Gate™ Patent #2 Feb 8, 2005 (16pg) #6853537
- JelMax Black Gate™ Tehnical Paper Collection (107pg)
- JelMax ” The Black Gate™ Story” 2003 (3pg)
More Black Gate™ information:
http://sharksystems.narod.ru/blackgate/english.htm
http://www.audiotuning.de/index.html?2-01-blackgate-tech.html
http://www.audiotuning.de/index.html?2-02-blackgate-np-tech.html
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