Can a brother get some help with Halle

[sonofmickel]

OK, so... having two caps in series in the filter stages divides the load to two caps that would have been on a single cap. Safety in numbers. Great!

Now, what effect does lowering the capacitance to the power tubes have on tone. Is it safe to reduce the capacitance while maintaining proper voltage drop(same resistors would be used in series with new capacitors). Is there a known outcome, ie lower filter capacitance has more bounce and open sound, higher filter capacitance has a tighter more sterile sound?

I think it is worth the $3 to find out

[Bob-I]

OK, so... having two caps in series in the filter stages divides the load to two caps that would have been on a single cap. Safety in numbers. Great!

2 identical caps in series doubles the voltage handling, and halfs the capacitance.

Now, what effect does lowering the capacitance to the power tubes have on tone. Is it safe to reduce the capacitance while maintaining proper voltage drop(same resistors would be used in series with new capacitors). Is there a known outcome, ie lower filter capacitance has more bounce and open sound, higher filter capacitance has a tighter more sterile sound?

I think it is worth the $3 to find out

Yes, dropping the capacitance shouldn't change the voltages much if at all. Changing the capacitance from what Dumble settled on really changes the amp. Stick with known good values.