Cap voltage


I took the lid off of my preamp today (Cary SLP 98) to poke around in advance of an impending cap upgrade. I was told by the tech that I can co to a smaller value on the output coupling cap ( might increase dynamics if feeding a high impedance load) but need to stay with 600v. ??? Why 600v when the pre only puts out about 2v. Don't smaller voltages sound better?
lewhite

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You need to keep the voltage at least as high or higher,but smaller uf/mfd value may loose some bass in my experience.That might make highs appear to sound better.