What is this component?

[gerrittube]

Did you make any measurements with and without the capacitor?

Regards, Gerrit

 

[Kay Pirinha]

It might become a tough job to get one's hands on 100 uF PIO or teflon capacitors. It might get an even tougher one to place them beneath the chassis.

Best regards!

 

[nigelwright7557]

Removing the cathode bypass cap will lose some gain.

 

[egellings]

You might also get a pinch less distortion with the cap removed, which would allow the then unbypassed cathode resistor to apply a little local feedback to the stage.

 

[hooman]

So, I removed the 100uF 6V electrolytic cap. I much prefer the sound without the cap. Totally subjective, but I like it without. YMMV.

I may purchase a pair of PIO or Teflon caps and give them a try.

never remove bypass cap in phono ....sound should be corect .leben design this phono for best answer ..... so better to save all caps .