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How does a preamp die from sitting unused for a few months?

I’ve got an Inspire pre that I generally use with an Inspire amp.  I’ve been using the amp with a Cary pre but decided to put the Inspire in its place .

Installed, plugged in, turned on…and nada.  Tried different power cable, different outlet and still nothing.  Checked fuse and it’s fine.

Tried wriggling the PC and nothing.

I took the tubes out and will look into it later today but I find it weird that a piece of stereo equipment dies from sitting unused for a few months.  

Any idea what could have caused this?  Maybe a wire came loose?

Thanks.

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I had an ARC SP 15 that I bought from a guy who had it in storage for years. It popped a fuse the second I turned it on. After replacement it burned up a cap that was swollen and died again. I had to re-cap the thing! Soon thereafter the switched 120v recep. on the back began heating up and failed- broken solder.

For sure the long time unused and maybe bumpity bumps in storage took it’s toll on the unit. After all that the preamp was fantastic and served me well until I bought a Ref 6 SE.

It was fun soldering and tinkering with it. That brought back fine memories of tinkering with old tube radios as a kid. Man I miss the 70s!

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