Capacitors for Audio Research Reference 5se

FWIW I have had some experience with re-capping an ARC SP-15.  There are "better" caps out there than ARC used, but the reason ARC used the caps they did was to achieve a particular voicing.  Because the Ref 5SE is a spectacular preamp, and IMO sounds as good as anything they sell today I'd default to the ARC spec'd caps.  Tube rolling is a safer way to get different voicing. 

Additionally I'd replace all the similar caps at once. Caps are cheap and the balanced burn in will keep your precious  5SE in top form. 

Obviously some people like V-caps. I don't.

To my ears, styrene film and tin foil from Multicap, the RTX series, is far cheaper, far superior and closer to the sound that ARC is famous for. @yesiam_a_pirate has a point. YMMV

@yesiam_a_pirate you are somewhat right in what you wrote. Maybe I could have immediately replaced them with "golden" capacitors from the current ARC production. I was guided by the opinions that ARC Reference 6 and 6se go more towards higher resolution. I'll give V Caps a chance.