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RE: Well this stinks!

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In Reply to: RE: Well this stinks! posted by farfetched on October 30, 2024 at 07:45:17

Sorry to hear about your BAT amp. Any amp that age is ripe for some problems and possibly a rebuild. "When I had better air conditioning I would run that vk-500 all year, only turned it off when out of town." Those internal parts (like electrolytic filter caps) have been cooking daily 24/7 all those years?

I had a few older pieces that developed bulging filter caps after leaving them ON 24/7 or close to it over decades: PS Audio P300 power regenerator caps bulging and leaking. Popped fuses and stopped working. Classe 10 power amp bulging caps. Krell KSA-50S replaced filter caps but still had an intermittent problem. These were all decades old with lots of use.

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RE: Well this stinks! - Ozzy 05:48:40 10/31/24 (2)
Better to leave them on than to cycle on/off. That's where the stress happens...

Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
- Winston Churchill
- Debatable depending on use - AbeCollins 10:54:23 10/31/24 (0)
  If you listen to your amp daily it might be better to leave it ON 24/7. On the other hand if you listen maybe a couple times a week it's probably better to shut it off in between.
- RE: Well this stinks! - farfetched 07:00:27 10/31/24 (0)
  This is what I was told. If I did not mind the electricity bill, let it operate. It's a "very stable design."
  But there was a ~10 year period where it was in a working environment, so to speak. On and used, quite a good jolly bit! NEVER abused!!! My wife listened, I listened. Also, neighborhood kids knew they could always come over to have a treat. I'm talking the middle school kids.
  It was mostly bananas. B A N A N A S, bananas. That tune is engraved in my brain.
  
  / optimally proportioned triangles are our friends
  
  Edits: 10/31/24

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