Upgrading Quicksilver preamp or amp caps -- warranty impact?

@hilde45 I have reached out to Mike recently about using lower gain tubes and have not as yet heard back. 
Let us know if you do. 
P.S. I may be putting my current version of his Line Stage Preamp up for sale soon as it’s not a good fit for my system.

@johnss My system is very, very quiet. I guess units can differ.
@gochurchgo If you put your line stage up for sale, I bet it goes quickly!

If you work on the amp changing caps, if its not done at the factory you void the warranty plain and simple. To get around this problem we offer coupling cap options. We use the copper foil V-Caps as they are some of the most neutral made, and have the further advantage of reliability.

That latter aspect is important. We've auditioned a lot of parts and one thing I've noticed is that while nearly all of the paper and oil capacitors sound excellent, over time they can develop a slight amount of electrical leakage. In an amplifier circuit this can throw off the operating point or bias of the circuit! That in turn can fry power tubes and output transformers- definitely not for the faint of heart to put it lightly.


So you might want to consider that when looking into boutique capacitors.

@atmasphere  Thanks. I'm not touching it while it's in warranty!

@hilde45, regardless of how quiet the system sounds, it can be quieter. If you look at the specs for self noise, metal film are good, but are far from the best. The lower you can bring down the noise floor, the more micro info will be uncovered. I can't post an attachment here, but if you google vishay metal film self noise, you should be able to find the PDF vishay published a few years ago.