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Replacing Capacitors, I Don’t Wanna!

Hi All,

I spoke to my speaker tech the other day and he brought up my ASR Emitter II Exclusive amplifier, referring to its age and the number of capacitors I’ll have to replace. I bought it new in 2011 so I expect to get at least another ten years before I’ll have to replace its 50+ capacitors but admittedly, I have little knowledge in this area. Just wondering what others have to say about this and I appreciate your input. Here’s a description of the amp ;

https://asraudio.de/files/ASR-Emitter2-Exclusive-Akku-Audiophile-Test-2011-EN.pdf

goofyfoot

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goofyfoot OP
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@gs5556 Thanks, that's good for my mental health!

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@larryi @kmtang ;  Everything is working as it should, obviously no need to concern myself with replacing capacitors at this stage. To be fair, I think my speaker tech has the tendency to overthink things. So what you’ve both shared is pragmatic and sound advice. 

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Hey All, Thanks for the input. With twenty eight capacitors per side in the amp. There are an extra two capacitors, if not three, per side. So if two per side end up failing, I can still use the amplifier. I’m not saying I wouldn’t want them replaced but I just wanted to mention that.

Also, mention of possibly having to replace those capacitors in the battery or power supply's is a good point. I was wondering about that myself.

No I don’t want to try to upgrade the capacitors.

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

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