Cigarette Smoke Harm Solid State Unit ?

Getting the reciever to kick the 60-a-day habit should help! Seriously though, try and speak to someone who is professionally involved with cleaning computer equipment and suchlike(keyboards, etc) as they should be able to give you an idea of the best way to clean the unit up. Internally the tar will attract more dust and long term this can lead to heat build-up and maybe component failure. Good luck, regards, Richard.

Hey FBI. I'm into professional recording and I've noticed that when a recording studio is selling some of it's gear they always say if it's been exposd to cigarette smoke or not. I'm not sure why but my engineer friend tells me that equipment exposed to cigarette smoke greatly reduces the asking price for professional equipment.

I once bought a used pre amp that also heavily reaked as if the original owner was a chain smoker. I now always ask the
environment that a unit was kept in to try to reduce the
chance of buying something used like that again. I did manage to sell that pre amp a while later and it never lost
that smell especially when it heated up from use. I think
this is also very improtant when buying any loudspeakers due
to that they usualy have fabric grills that hold the smell.