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Mace.
If you have ordered Vishay/ERO MKP1837 0.1uf, then make sure you put one in place of C9 (input). These were the best caps- in my opinion- for the job. I tested quite a few.
I found this to be the greatest single improvement, while i was upgrading.

Yup, those are the ones, the box-types.

Did you replace or bypass C9?

Its tempting to replace and bypass loads of caps all at the same time. But not so easy to go back if you don't like the effect.

Yeah it's true, I tried the Wima's on a bunch of those SMD caps (0604?), but I did not like the effect.

I have a 0,5mm tip on my iron and a steady hand, so removal was easy and non-destructive.

I'm expecting the caps by the end of the week, I'll post here about the effects.