Whoever uses junk capacitors to save some cents would never ever spend more money to add a socket. That is not the problem, shitty parts are.
Good capacitors do exist, but they're getting less common with time; actually you're more likely to find good electrolytic caps in a 30 years old radio than in a 5 years old one. Today some manufacturers are cutting corners everywhere and parts quality tanked.
Good capacitors do exist, but they're getting less common with time; actually you're more likely to find good electrolytic caps in a 30 years old radio than in a 5 years old one. Today some manufacturers are cutting corners everywhere and parts quality tanked.