This is a nice amp of it's time. I would love to hear it when finished.
The output transistors in parallel can give enormous current output. What they dislike is any kind of short. I once had an amp compareable to time and construction and it's sound blew away the hyped MosFET.
With the small cap's, only one may have gone bad. I had some in the signal path that even had higher capacity than rated and made strange noises, like a loose connector.
The big caps may last forever. I have some large ones from 1982 that are as new.
The output transistors in parallel can give enormous current output. What they dislike is any kind of short. I once had an amp compareable to time and construction and it's sound blew away the hyped MosFET.
With the small cap's, only one may have gone bad. I had some in the signal path that even had higher capacity than rated and made strange noises, like a loose connector.
The big caps may last forever. I have some large ones from 1982 that are as new.
I would still add the speaker relay to delay the connection when starting up.
That "pop" may not be that healthy to the speakers.
That "pop" may not be that healthy to the speakers.