So, my First Sound preamp arrrived yesterday, and I have installed and started burning it in. I just did the first "cap forming" discharge/re-charge step that Emmanuel recommends after about a day of playing continuously. Emmanuel recommends doing this 2-3X a day to help with the cap forming as part of the burn-in process.
This unit arrived as a First Sound Presence Deluxe 4.0 MkIII-SI version with 2 external power supplies, Shunyata Research umbilicals, and the "super special edition" upgrade, so Emmanuel really delivered with this beautiful product.
The power supply has 145,200 uF of capacitance/channel for a total of 290,400 uF of power supply capacitance.
Will post some pics in the next day or so when I have some real light in the room.
Just another 13 days or so of continual playing with 2-3 cap forming sessions/day to go! 
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Last edited by Puma Cat; 07-09-2020 at 01:45 AM.
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