Expectations after re cap of power-amp


My 1982 Yamaha M-2 power amp is in the shop and this time I agreed to replace all the suspect capacitors. Two of the capacitors are the size of coffee cans and the total bill may exceed $500. I am told that since all the replacement parts will be as good as or better than the original parts it should sound as good as new or better.

I’ve never done this before.  Should I expect “as good as new” or am I completely wasting my money?


timothywright
I will repeat myself because I think sincere gratitude needs to be expressed. All the generous feedback has been very encouraging and because of it I now feel far more confident in my project. All these responses are not a trivial blessing in my case.


If recapping is a fool’s errand why bother? Better to use the money toward newer amps. I needed to know. I may do both but I would like to express that the Yamaha M-2 was well respected back in the day. It is still possible that I may yet invest in some Classe gear after recapping the Yamaha.

I have some Dahlquist DQ10 speakers I spent $2,000 on rebuilding them before I retired them.  I still own them. Even though I seldom use them I’ll argue that I owed them something for their decades of faithful service.

Ever own an old faithful dog? Nothing was too good for my Christopher.
I had my 35 year old Krell KSA-80B refurbished about a year ago.  It was completely recapped as well as other components replaced.  It wounded wonderful when I got it back.  Its in hard service driving Apogee Scintilla One Ohm's--but I expect it to heat my music room for many years to come.  I would definitely do it again.  Had the work done by the factory and was treated very nicely by all.
If you can do the work yourself, the cost is quite minimal.  That's the route I took, but I am comfortable with a soldering iron, and the particular component had nice access to the capacitor leads for de-soldering (the hardest part!).  I opened up a friend's '70's Marantz receiver to see if I could pep that one up, and it was way too hard to get at the stuff, so "no go".
I know a few professionals who won’t go near a Marantz vintage receiver 
The 2 ~~coffee can~~ sized caps, must be the M Supreme SGO caps,,,Yes?
I have a  apir of 10 UF sitting on my shelf waiting to go in a  new xover for my SEAS Thor speakers xovers...anyway,,,there is a  YTer,,~~AudioSurgery~~ who displays his work ina  series of vids, showing off his recapping on various amps, Uses M top line caps,,I can  actually hear the sonic improvements on his mods.
I have my Jadis Defy in the shop, for something stupid i did to the unit,,and will have the tech swap out some critcal caps for new M SGO caps,,,I can only say from my experience on my  cayin cd17 Mark 1 player, with 8 new M caps , noted a  nice gain in sonics, dynamics. Subtle, but notable. I expect more  Notable gains in the jadis recapping., vs the cd player recapping
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGWcXN_zsR4