My feeling, unfortunately, is that you'd be wasting your time trying. To properly test a capacitor you would need a capacitor tester. And you would probably have to remove at least one end of each capacitor from the circuit it is connected to, so that the readings wouldn't be confused by the surrounding circuits. And there are undoubtedly dozens or hundreds of capacitors in the unit, and without a schematic diagram you would probably have no way of knowing which ones to focus on.
The likeliest bet, though, would be that the problem is an electrolytic capacitor in the power supply section. Those are probably relatively large "can" type capacitors. If you wanted to go to the trouble, you could simply go ahead and replace those, and that could very conceivably resolve the problem.
Otherwise, I'd suggest connecting shorting plugs to the phono inputs, and disconnecting all other inputs. If you still hear the hum, try reversing the polarity of the ac power plug, if it has a two-prong plug, and if that doesn't help or if it has a 3-prong plug, try floating it and/or the power amp, using a 3-prong to 2-prong adapter, with the safety ground left unconnected. If you still hear the hum, and it is only when phono is selected, the preamp probably needs to be either professionally serviced or replaced.
Regards,
-- Al
The likeliest bet, though, would be that the problem is an electrolytic capacitor in the power supply section. Those are probably relatively large "can" type capacitors. If you wanted to go to the trouble, you could simply go ahead and replace those, and that could very conceivably resolve the problem.
Otherwise, I'd suggest connecting shorting plugs to the phono inputs, and disconnecting all other inputs. If you still hear the hum, try reversing the polarity of the ac power plug, if it has a two-prong plug, and if that doesn't help or if it has a 3-prong plug, try floating it and/or the power amp, using a 3-prong to 2-prong adapter, with the safety ground left unconnected. If you still hear the hum, and it is only when phono is selected, the preamp probably needs to be either professionally serviced or replaced.
Regards,
-- Al