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Marantz 1060 rebuild cap value question

Bruno Primas said:
Did you replace the 2SC458 and 2SC1000 transistors on the Phono preamp board? (P900).

2SC458->KSC1845
2SC100->KSC1815

Made a noticable difference, along with replacing the caps. Seemed cleaner sounding, slightly more powerful than before.

I think a CD player in the 'AUX' will still be louder.
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I installed KSC1845 in place of the original transistor pairs on the P900 Phono board and installed the film caps per Catrafter photo of the 1060 board I found online. Have to say the phono input now sounds improved with a bit more in the low end and increased my gain a bit to boot. I'm happy with this 1060 at this point. I'm happy I tried it with the lytic caps before I threw the film caps into the mix. It shows a lot less grit but still has tight bass and a smooth high end with the films. I went back into the P700 amp board and installed 47uf 63V Panasonic FC caps where I'd put in 100uf due to what I had on hand, and replaced the 1uf pair with WIMA film caps. Its all really impressive, I
 
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