Tantalum capacitors need rereplacing ?

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Hi,
I recently got a vintage Accuphase T-101 tuner, which is regarded by many as one of the finest sounding solid state tuners ever made.
Upon closer inspection of the circuits I was suprised to see a number of Tantalum capacitors (~12 in total) used in the audio section of the unit. After seeing numerous posts on this site bashing the use of such capacitors in audio circuits, I am wondering if I should replace these with high quality film types. Even the ouput caps are 10 Mfd 16 volt tantalums which are small oval-drop shaped in style. While this tuner is very good sounding it doesn't quite have the same smooth highs that several of my vintage tube tuners exhibit. I was wondering if replacing these caps would be worthwhile and would improve the audio quality?
Any feedback is appreciated.
Regards,

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Topic - Tantalum capacitors need rereplacing ? - karlk 14:28:06 11/27/00 (3)

Re: Tantalum capacitors need rereplacing ? - John PA 22:27:02 11/28/00 (0)

Re: Tantalum capacitors need rereplacing ? - Ã† 23:38:48 11/27/00 (1)

Re: Tantalum capacitors need rereplacing ? - karlk 19:35:53 11/28/00 (0)

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