Play5 high frequency not playing - Capacitor replacement

100uF caps are not that expensive. I would change them all to save yourself some headache. 

The original Play 5 was releases in 2009 - 17 years ago. Caps dry out so change them

The Play 5 Gen 2 was released 11 years ago - use the same reasoning.

Also search other sites for PLAY;5 repairs, rather than hoping someone who has done a repair will notice this post.

I’m suspicious that there are additional issues resulting in the capacitor failure. In my opinion it’s too much of a coincidence that two capacitors would simultaneously short without some sort of provocation. This provocation could have damaged other capacitors in the circuit and replacing them now will likely prevent future failures.

Often cap failure is a symptom of an upstream issue with the supplied power.

I am now discovering what I’m looking to replace are power inductors not capacitors! Looking for any info or specs on these 10 and 20uH.

Electrolytic capacitor failure can be due to age, but inductor failure is almost always due to over current. In your situation I’d want to prove that the power supply diodes and transistors are OK.

I have the same problem. No high tones. Did you fix yours already? Best regards 

I’m all about fixing broken things and keeping them from the landfill, but after removing the capacitors that folks were claiming to be the cause and finding they were still good, I did a quick search on eBay and found a used S5 Gen1 for $75 and decided to be done with this project.

Keep in mind that all PLAY:5 capacitors are essentially the same age. While we don’t know the exact capacitor failure rate or the environmental operating conditions of the used units, we can expect that the failure rate will rise as the capacitors age.