Thread: Cambridge P40
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Old 7th Feb 2018, 2:50 pm   #10
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Default Re: Cambridge P40

Bad caps are unlikely to be responsible for the fault. There is a widely held belief in the hifi community that any equipment more than 10 years old needs to have all the electrolytic capacitors changed. They do sometimes fail, but my main amp / tuner / CD player / cassette deck are all over 30 years old and all are on their original caps.

You certainly shouldn't change caps randomly if you have limited expertise, as you are likely to introduce new faults.
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