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Wish to upgrade phono preamp caps and other

Looking at my PS Audio GCPH I see 4 12000uf NCD caps sitting in what I believe to be the signal chain.

I wish to upgrade to best possible caps in that location.

I'm finding it difficult to locate any 12000uf caps let alone some really good ones that will fit in about a 35mm wide X 45mm high location.

I understood there are companies that replace these caps with Muse but Muse doesn't make that value cap.

I'm not electronic savvy but shouldn't you replace with same value cap?
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johnss
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12000 uf sound like Power supply caps. You are not going to be able to stuff a film cap in place of those. Your best bet is to bypass each of those caps with a .47uf, a .22uf ad a .01 uf film and foil. dont use metalized film, make sure you are getting film and foil.

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johnss
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"When bypassing, I assume that means adding in parallel, the fore mentioned caps?" Yes, that is what it means.

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