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RE: 1000 uF?

Not a typo. I hadn't seen that comment by Joe Curcio before, nor indeed anything cautioning against using too high a cap value in a bias supply, but I agree that this value is higher than normal.

All I can say is that my particular amp came with these Nichicon 1000uf caps already installed and the amps worked fine. In my quest to improve the sound quality, I wanted to replace these "cheap" caps with something better, only to find that all other caps I tried did not sound as good. The other caps I tried were more conventional values---50 to 200uf---so now that I think about it I can't say for sure whether the better sound may have had something to do with the value as well as the type of capacitor. However, I have tried the same 1000uf FW caps in other power supply positions and was pleased with the sound.

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