What's the value in lots of capacitors inside a line stage preamp?


On one system I am using a Conrad Johnson gat2, and it's loaded with Teflon capacitors and step attenuator volume control, vishay, and I'm sure lots of other lovely things going on.  It's doing a great job.

But I have no idea how important all those capacitors are except that they store a lot of reserve power and are available to fulfill Power demands of musical changes.  Maybe that's all I need to know.

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conrad-johnson (no caps on the names) have always used very simple circuits and very highly specified parts. Their reliance on film caps, including large value ones is contributes significantly to their product's cost.