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.
To put some perspective on it, a failure of a solid state amplifier is very unlikely.
The most likely thing to go would be the power supply capacitors, but with regular use it’s even less likely (regular charge keeps them fresh!) and the symptom of failure there is buzz, which gives you a good warning.
Transistors and other things could fail, but then the most likely case is a small pop and then a non-working amp, it’s unlikely to fail dangerously.
They’re fairly safe overall, especially if it’s been running well for 30 years I would expect it to do so for 30 more at least.