Shek leave the caps alone and try another more revealing cable or foote. Play around and have cheap solder-less fun.
charles
Oh, Sir Charles, welcome back from FL. One of these days, I may drop by your FL house... I haven't been down there for a # of years. I kept talking about visiting friends there (east coast), but... haven't yet. I have a couple of snowbird friends. I just haven't been there during the winter months.
Sorry, I forgot to reply to your advice..... I think the cables I use are pretty good. It's the basic issue with the puny pre. After I put the new caps in, the transparency is definitely there. So I can't blame the cables. I have Cardas and/or Harmonic Technology interconnects. They're musical, and reasonably good. Hey, for like $400 a pair, I have to live with them
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Thanks.