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Old December 19th 04, 05:12 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Jim Lesurf
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In article , Patrick Turner
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And I am only one of maybe 50 repair blokes in a town of 300,000 ppl.


Says something good about the actual reliability of modern electronic
components.


There shouldn't be a single failure of an SS amp in my town in any given
year.


How many commercial valve amp designs can you quote reliability statistics
for that show failure rates of 1:300,000 or less per working year?

Or are you simply wishing that no SS were in use? :-)

Slainte,

Jim

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