eVITAERC,
Thanks for your answer. I appreciate your detailed explanation. One question - for supply bypass caps, my understanding was that one value would be used to minimize supply ripple at the component, while another smaller value would be used for RFI and/or clock filtering (in the case of a digital circuit)? Clearly, as you indicated, value selection to prevent ringing would be important, as what is the point of eliminating one noise source, only to create another.
vmajor,
I would suggest that initially, you simply solder a wire across the terminals of the capacitors, effectively shorting them (and removing them from the circuit). If you decide that you do not like the result, it is a simple matter to remove the wires. If you want to clip off Eddie's add-on caps, that is probably fine as they are not part of the original circuit. If you remove all the capacitors, you will need to add shorting wires between the holes left behind on the circuit board. Is there a sonic difference between these options? I have not tried removing the caps, but I'm doubtful there's any discernable difference.