Stress on Solid State Amps


I've seen several amps listed for sale as 'never been stressed'. If an amp has been driven hard, but not to clipping, does that make it less dependable than one that has never been pushed? Does that affect the future performance or the life span of the amp?

mitch
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Showing 1 response by slappy

Yeah no kidding buddy.
And they "never play anything but the highest calubur of music on it" either

Honestly, if an amplifier cant handle something hard and heavy, like KMFDM, then why would anyone buy it? Its not that you HAVE to play that on it, but it SHOULD be able to handle it without having any problems.
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Oh, Look at Hoity Toity Me! I have a $100,000 stereo system that is so refined and delicate that Metallica would turn it into a big melted bubbly mass of plastic silicon and metal!

I call my stereo FiFi, and only allow the finest calibur of people to be in its presence! In fact, the system has been so sheltered and babied, that no crude beer guzzling heathens have ever beheld its presence and corrupted its pure nature!
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Give me a break. As if playing some rock on it will damage it. If it DOES damage it, i wouldnt let my dog fart on it to cool it down.