Replacing Capacitors, I Don’t Wanna!

Dear @goofyfoot  : The electrolytic caps in your unit are the top of the line Vishay ones that you can't improve it because the Vishay are the top of the tops capacitors and could gives you another 10 years with out problemas.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,

R.

@rauliruegas Yeah, I hope to get more than another ten years out of them!

My amps are fine but when my A/C quit cooling on a 90+ degree day last week I was not a happy camper. Fortunately, I'm on a priority status with my HVAC vender so I received same day service. Good/bad news, competent tech who quickly found a swollen capacitor in my condenser motor controller and replaced it for a paltry (ouch) $354. So, good example of catastrophic capacitor failure even if not audio related.

This thread had my anxiety up a bit. Back in the day I had a threshold 400A which I loved. It was a customer trade in so I bought it from my boss at a good discount. Long story short, I took it home and it sounded awful, boss said get new main caps installed, problem solved the amp served me and sounded amazing for the years I had it, (also kept my little apartment warmer).

I bought a Cyrus two with a PSX power supply and it arrived last week. I’ll admit some trepidation firing it up. Seller was very honest, the amp that was built in the mid 80’s had never been serviced, never needed it. It sounds great pushing my TDL compacts in my mancave room. If I could source a pair of Mission 767's, a Cyrus CD player and an Ariston TT I will have my dream system from when I was 25. 

It just had me wondering if there are designs that are more prone to stress capacitors, and other designs that are kinder.. I’m not an electrical engineer so all I know is the set up will sound great until it doesn’t, then I’ll worry about the capacitors.

I've got my amp in 2003 and only replaced 2 small signal caps and one driving transistor.

Global recap of an amp is an extremely stupid idea.