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In Reply to: My brief period of Revox ownership... posted by Dave Pogue on May 17, 2023 at 10:46:38:
Some electronic components take 50-60 years of service in stride, but for others it is too much, and almost no brand is immune. Capacitors are always number one suspect.
That is why many people, buying such machines, either take them to a technician for recapping, or do it themselves.
I recently had a minor smoke from my Ampex ATR-800 - a small electrolytic cap shorted, burning a filter choke in process. Minor repair. The audio boards on that machine have been recapped earlier, but it is hard to catch every such part.
Overall the reliability of many good machines is remarkable.
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- To be fair, most tape decks have such firecrackers - Victor Khomenko 15:48:43 05/17/23 (0)
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