Quote Originally Posted by Waterlogged View Post
If that's true about the film's, why don't I replace everything I can with them instead? That'll take care of the 6 lower valued caps and leave me with 3(4) AE type capes to source.
if the electrolytics you're replacing are polar caps (having a distinct positive and negative) which most electrolytics are, the caps you replace them with must also be polar.

TBH, unless you have a really, really good system (every part of the chain, basically, with super sensitive speakers) to hear the difference, even though its considered "a big difference" in the audio world, it's only noticable in close monitoring A/B testing. also where in the audio chain it is will also affect how much difference is noticed anyway. if its tying to ground instead of as a pass-through, there will be less importance on it. still want a good cap though, and bang for buck the panasonics mentioned are great, i love em.

most times it seem to me AEs are picked for ease of sourcing and cost, and when polarity matters.