I Recapped my Conrad Johnson PFR. Wow! Some of the best $$$ I've spent


Wow! What a thrill. I've had this preamp for about 15 Yrs and it has always been a good performer. But I can't remember it sounding any better than it does now. The tech used the best Nichicon resistors available. Now I'm considering hhaving my CDP recapped and maybe the speaker crossovers too. That should make nearly a new sounding system. So it cost me a little less than $200 to get the caps replaced and the solder joints inspected and fixed on the PFR. I assume this is a good use of funds  And its sure cheaper than buying that tube preamp that I've been looking at for quite some time. But even though my system sounds very good, I keep looking at the tube preamps for some reason. Hmmm
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@bdp24    In my case I wasn't try to modify but  trying to save a good sounding preamp which has run its lifetime on the caps. My tech (Bill Watkins jr) just uses these caps because they are good...at least that's my understanding.
Still, I understand your concern. I suspect design concept is probably a balancing act as much as anything. Symmetry comes to mind...just like putting together a good sounding system. Mfgs do it in the micro. We do it in the macro. I have my systems synergy worked out after years of effort. I thought I was going to have to replace the PFR because it is old (Still may have to do so). So its nice to keep that symmetry...even though that tube preamp looks awful tempting......