Welcome the to Forums, lovethemusic.  Glad to have you here.

You asked a very interesting question, and one that isn't, nearly as I can tell, readily answered elsewhere on this site so hopefully someone with experience with both the stock caps and V-Caps will chime in.

The V-Cap is offered as an upgrade, and while I may have missed it, there is very little information about the upgrade on the Torii product page.  A shame too, because Steve does a very good job elsewhere contrasting the sound one can get from the different input, rectifier, and voltage regulator tubes one can install.  

I noted on the Torii MK II Design Notes that Steve recommended not changing the coupling caps.

However, my thought is that any product, designed to a particular price point, might be improved through substitution of different parts.  I am not saying that Steve hasn't taken this amp as far as it can go, maybe he indeed has, but unless someone who has tried various caps can state definitively, at least for his gear /room/ ears that the stock caps are as good as it gets, then one can rightly wonder about the effects of different caps.

Anyway, welcome again.  It's a quiet place, but there are some very helpul members here.  Don't let the lack of response put you off from giving the Torii a try.

And they reportedly aren't even a huge improvement.
JLM

Just curious:  Where is this reported?
Thanks.

I haven't read through all of Steve's comments but he does write in the Designer Notes for the MKII that tweakers should just leave the coupling caps alone.  

Still, it would be nice to hear from users who tried different caps.  Are there any out there?  Anyone?

Will the sound change?  Yes.  For the better?  ???  

Lon, if you aren't tempted to try the V-Caps, what Steve added to the MK III product page won't tempt you either.  

Lovethemusic,

There is a new Torii Mk III with V-caps up for sale on AudiogoN.  Is it yours?  If so, was it not coming around for you as you had anticipated?

If not, well then, I think we are due for an update!

Sent Karl an email via AudiogoN.  I've posted elsewhere that I wanted to wait until Zen Fest before making any new purchasing decisions, but who knows....

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Yeah, I did.  Thanks.  He is also selling the ZDAC.  I sent him an email about them both.

It doesn't look as if the Torii MK III made it into the current issue of Tone Audio.  I am glad the reviewer is giving the amp a chance to break in.  I looked at the thread over on Steve Hoffman's forum and saw Steve soliciting user input re tube-rolling.  I am a bit surprised he didn't come here.  There are some excellent tube-rolling posts on this forum.  Someone should email him their thoughts before he finishes the review and it goes to press.

Will and Greg -- Nice posts over at AudiogoN.

Fat chance.  Now, I am only repeating what I have read elsewhere but Stereophile purportedly does not accept equipment for review unless the manufacturer has an established dealer network.  

If I am mistaken, my appologies.

This "policy", again, this is just what I have read, has long been a source of aggravation for fans of smaller manufacturers, especially direct manufacturers, who make high quaility equipment and don't advertise.  Lack of advertising support is often whispered about as one reason why products don't get reviewed.  I can't count how many times I would like to have seen Stereophile review a speaker from Salk Sound, AudioKinesis, Ohm, or Decware, or an amp from Decware, Odyssey, or Response Audio.  In fact, at least one offering from each of Decware's product lines would be very interesting.

Greg, one online publisher who apparently doesn't have those restrictions is 6moons.com.  Next to AD, I would like to see Srajan Ebaen review Decware.  He often times drives me to distraction with his meandering sometimes dense prose; neverthess, he loves to drill down and his reviews are very extensive.