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Older Audio Research Preamp Capacitors - ?

Bought an Audio Research SP6 preamp a few months ago and it recentlyt started to exhibit a humm. Traced it back to the power supply capcitors...the last thing I was hoping for. Anyways, I wanted to see if anyone knows of a place that still sells these capacitors, or if anyone had any recommendations on how to circumvent these old monsters.

I haven't come to terms with sending it back to AR to repair for $500 - $700 or with making it an anchor just yet. Thanks.
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gundam91
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Nick Gowan in Campbell, California services the ARC products on the west coast. Many people have recommanded him to me. His price is reasonable as well. I recently contacted him about modding my LS2B MkII. He was very nice and spent about 1/2 hour talked to me about it. Basically it came down to that he didn't think upgrading any capacitor, etc. would have effect on the sound for the ARC. But he believed that resoldering all the parts using Cardas solder would improve the sound.

Give him a call and see what he can do for you. His phone number is 408-370-7578.

FrankC
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