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Capacitors for HP filters in tube amps recommendations?

I’ll soon be installing a capacitor on each of the input jacks of two tube power amps, to create passive 1st-order high-pass filters. Cap values are 19.9uF (20uF will do) and 30.33uF (let’s say 30uF). I’ll need two of the former and four of the latter (balanced/XLR input jacks), and I don’t want to spend more on the caps than the amps cost me ;-) .

I’m all ears for nominees. I don’t need or want any flavoring, "just" neutral transparency. The amps are powering fairly transparent loudspeakers (ESL’s, and Magnetic-Planars with Ribbon tweeters), which will pretty well reveal the character of the caps. In spite of that fact, "most-bang-for-the-buck" nominees are of particular interest, not cost-no-object ones. Thanks y’all.

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bdp24 OP
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Ah yes @pragmasi, you explained that above and I missed it. And the caps you speak of are small enough to fit side-by-side on the input jacks. Thanks, mate. @Erik, I’ll have to look inside the amps to see exactly how much room I have for the caps. Those Jansen’s are huge!
erik_squires
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BDP24 - You know, you can easily make yourself an interconnect cable with a cap in line, no reason to mod your existing pre. :)


But good for you for catching the size problem with those! :) I forgot to mention it.
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Actually Erik, the caps are going into the two power amps rather than the output jacks of the pre, as each amp is used with a specific loudspeaker. But I take your point---the caps could be incorporated into the interconnect going to each amp. Not soldered onto the outside of each cable’s RCA or XLR plugs, of course, and they won’t fit inside them. Modjeski lays out his amps (RM-10 Mk.2 and RM-200 Mk.2) pretty sparsely, so there should be plenty of room inside for caps.
erik_squires
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I'd do it this way just for the sake of ease of changing things. It's far easier to swap out interconnects than to get into an amp/pre and solder a cap, regardless of the size of the cap. 

However, it's your money and effort, so do it however it feels right to you. :)

Best,
Erik
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So Erik, how do you incorporate the caps into an interconnect? Now that I think about it, since each amp is fed via un-switchable cables (one amp is balanced/XLR, the other se/RCA)---my pre has multiple balanced and se output jacks, caps on the cables sounds like a good idea. I wouldn’t know how to put caps into a balanced connection (a cap on each leg) other than inside the amp.
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