Great question.
Because it could happen sooner or later.
I knew a case where a power supply capacitor leaked inside 2 years on a big name integrated amplifier.
It was making a constantly buzzing sound on both channels whilst still playing music. In fact the buzzing was present on all inputs regardless.
It’s probably dangerous to generalise the symptoms because it might depend upon where the leaking capacitors were.
My current amp had replacement capacitors according to the previous owner.
I don’t know if it’s unusual but there’s literally dozens of capacitors inside this particular model. I can’t remember ever seeing so many inside any other amp.
I can also remember when Dell had an issue with leaking caps on their desktops some 15 years ago. Thankfully they seem to have got it sorted pretty soon after and it’s never happened again.
Some products on the other hand seem to be immune. My previous amp (Naim pre/power) was left powered on for over 10 years without a hint of a problem.
Because it could happen sooner or later.
I knew a case where a power supply capacitor leaked inside 2 years on a big name integrated amplifier.
It was making a constantly buzzing sound on both channels whilst still playing music. In fact the buzzing was present on all inputs regardless.
It’s probably dangerous to generalise the symptoms because it might depend upon where the leaking capacitors were.
My current amp had replacement capacitors according to the previous owner.
I don’t know if it’s unusual but there’s literally dozens of capacitors inside this particular model. I can’t remember ever seeing so many inside any other amp.
I can also remember when Dell had an issue with leaking caps on their desktops some 15 years ago. Thankfully they seem to have got it sorted pretty soon after and it’s never happened again.
Some products on the other hand seem to be immune. My previous amp (Naim pre/power) was left powered on for over 10 years without a hint of a problem.