Hi All, Hope you are having a great day.
What is the worst thing which would happen if an AMP were to fail/break.
I have a 30-35 year old AMP and at the moment it works completely fine. However what is the worse thing which would happen if it failed.
Would it blow my speakers, my ear drums in turn?
I have no idea why, but im scared of it deafening / damaging my ears if it were to fail.
AMP: TEAC A-H300
This is the only amp I have ever used and it’s really good, it was passed down to me.
One amplifier failure mode is to pass DC current out of the speaker terminals. You’d get cone/voice coil slam that could be damaging depending on the speakers and the amplitude. The protection circuit should cut in, but no system is perfect.