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High pass filter capacitors

I’m making a high pass filter between my preamp and amplifier. This will be on XLR Interconnects. I need a .047 uf value . 
Looking for recommendations on what capacitor to use to have a good quality filter. I don’t want to spend lots of money on a new preamp and trash it with low quality caps. I also don’t want to spend $300 per cap if it’s not necessary.

dahodevil
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jaytor
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I'd recommend the Miflex KPCU-03. Very nice sounding cap. I've used it for this same purpose. 

gdaddy1
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Why are you doing this?

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jaytor
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If you're willing to spend more (unfortunately considerably more), many consider the VCap CuTF the best sounding audio cap available. 

gdaddy1
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If the goal is to "Remove the main speaker woofer work" this mod will probably do more harm than good. Especially adding phase shift to the upper frequencies. This affects the imaging and soundstage as well.

Paul McGowen discusses in this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmZTXn2NHLY

 

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