Yes. Don't believe everything you see on the internet. Most of it is rubbish.
I bought my 1987 Krell KRS200s in the early 90s. A capacitor blew in 2007 (after 30 years) and I had them refurbished, mainly all new caps.
Yes they do run very hot and in due course components will suffer. But they are running fine currently (pun intended), so on this amp refurbs come at possibly 25-30 year intervals, not 4 year.
Of course if the manufacturer puts in cheap or sub-standard components then the period to breakdown could be much shorter.
As I say to the Class D community: you get what you pay for.
I bought my 1987 Krell KRS200s in the early 90s. A capacitor blew in 2007 (after 30 years) and I had them refurbished, mainly all new caps.
Yes they do run very hot and in due course components will suffer. But they are running fine currently (pun intended), so on this amp refurbs come at possibly 25-30 year intervals, not 4 year.
Of course if the manufacturer puts in cheap or sub-standard components then the period to breakdown could be much shorter.
As I say to the Class D community: you get what you pay for.