General-Izzy007@alien.topB to AudiophileEnglish · 1 year ago

Worst case scenario of an old amp failing?

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Worst case scenario of an old amp failing?

General-Izzy007@alien.topB to AudiophileEnglish · 1 year ago

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.

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The worst case failure I’ve seen is high-frequency oscillation on the output. I had a Marantz that would output ~60v at 35kHz. You would never hear it, but it would smoke any tweeter connected to the amplifier.

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