Factory Teflon Cap upgrade for Conrad Johnson Premier Five


Does anyone have any experience with the factory Teflon Cap upgrade for the Premier Five Monoblock?  It is pricey, and shipping those heavy dreadnoughts cross-country with insurance is not cheap either.  I don't have anyway to listen to the mod here in CA, as my local CJ dealer has no experience with the mod.  On the other hand, it is tempting.  

spatialking

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I didn't think about the electrolytic power supply caps, that is a good point to bring that idea up!  They are certainly old enough. 

The Teflon caps replace the film caps in the unit, so this is just a sound quality improvement.  I am not sure what film caps are in there, most likely polypropylene, but that is just a guess. 

I'll open up the units tomorrow and take a look at what is involved with replacing those big PS caps.  Unfortunately, to work on this unit requires removing about 20 soldered in place wires - they didn't use any connectors to connect the motherboard to the chassis wiring.