Even without changing caps, the stock player can be greatly improved upon by doing the following:
1) extensive damping of the chassis, top, sides and bottom-I'd suggest interior and exterior-with heavy duty industrial floor tile and double sided carpet tape
2) change the internal fuse from the glass that comes with the unit to a ceramic-either 125V or 250V/1.6A This makes a substantial improvement-it's really quite surprising.
3) decent isolation feet-I'm using Herbie's Tenderfeet with excellent results
4) rope caulk all non-moving parts-top and sides-of the transport
5) damp the crystal with rope caulk
6) hack off the molded male plug and replace it with a cryoed Marinco 5266
7) loosen the transport screws and then re-tighten them so they are just starting to grab into the isolation grommets (or whatever you want to call them) as Vinnie suggested
As stated above, I'd suggest the heavy duty floor tile (available at Home Depot or Loewes), NOT peel and stick which is unsubstantial by comparison. You'll need an exacto or drywall knife to cut it. I've done the whole player, interior and exterior wherever I could apply it. I've also done my integrated with this with very good results.
1) extensive damping of the chassis, top, sides and bottom-I'd suggest interior and exterior-with heavy duty industrial floor tile and double sided carpet tape
2) change the internal fuse from the glass that comes with the unit to a ceramic-either 125V or 250V/1.6A This makes a substantial improvement-it's really quite surprising.
3) decent isolation feet-I'm using Herbie's Tenderfeet with excellent results
4) rope caulk all non-moving parts-top and sides-of the transport
5) damp the crystal with rope caulk
6) hack off the molded male plug and replace it with a cryoed Marinco 5266
7) loosen the transport screws and then re-tighten them so they are just starting to grab into the isolation grommets (or whatever you want to call them) as Vinnie suggested
As stated above, I'd suggest the heavy duty floor tile (available at Home Depot or Loewes), NOT peel and stick which is unsubstantial by comparison. You'll need an exacto or drywall knife to cut it. I've done the whole player, interior and exterior wherever I could apply it. I've also done my integrated with this with very good results.