dionb wrote on 2025-09-03, 16:13:

There are 8 electrolytics there, one on the left by the voltage regulator, five around the stereo amplifier and two more separat […]
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There are 8 electrolytics there, one on the left by the voltage regulator, five around the stereo amplifier and two more separate ones.

Given your symptoms also occurring with digital audio I'd suspect the one by the voltage regulator first, but tbh, if one has gone it's generally good practice to replace all of them. As for the values - you should be able to read that on them.

On mine I read:
1x 10V 220uF (SSL FF - this one's behind the regulator)
1x 10V 220uF (different brand - ELNA RE2 series)
2x 6.3V 10uF (SSL S)
2x 35V (!) 47uF (SSL FK)
2x 16V 470uF (LCC THGS)

SSL is Sound Storm Laboratories, manufacturer of high-end electronics for audio equipment. Unfortunately they don't make these little ones any more and I can't find exact specs.
ELNA is a Japanese company, still makes these devices and there are datasheets available: here
THGS is a Thomson brand, LCC one of their cap lines. Thomson went through a whole range of split-ups and mergers (I currently do business with one of their former bits that is now Vantiva...) and I'm not able to find datasheets here either.

I'm pretty up to speed about caps used in general computing, but audio is a bit of a niche specialty and I'm not so confident about it. People like keropi and Tiido know vastly more and would be able to give better advice than 'just look for other decent caps with same capacitance and voltage'

Thanks for the info, the one by the voltage regulator.. mm sounds legit, is it a big deal if i went for another brand, but with the same specifications?