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In Reply to: Do cutting-edge components tend to have higher failure rates than real-world gear? posted by Quint on August 9, 2006 at 07:35:53:
My view is that at least part of the problem with reliability in "cutting edge" components is inadequate engineering, for example, there was a Jadis amplifier a couple decades ago that kept failing because the power tubes were placed too close together - a fact that was pointed out by reviewer Martin Collums. That, IMHO, is pure incompetence. Other components have failed because the "designer" pushed the components too hard, e.g. specifying voltages and currents too close to the maximum limits. With vacuum tubes in particular, the rules of engineering design for reliability should be well known as this is a mature technology, and bad tubes aside, the major reason for poor reliability is incompetent engineering. If you think this is harsh, just ask yourself how often a TV picture tube fails - this is because TV designers KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING, in terms of designing for reliability.
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