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Yeah, if the caps don't kill it, a component will just randomly fail.


My gear doesn't randomly fail. For the most part, it just keeps on working until I sell or toss it, usually after 8-10 years of use.

Having good filtered power, courtesy of UPSs, helps a lot with longevity.
Someday soon I really have to open up my 30 year old clock radio and
replace the dried out capacitors with newish ones, as the 60Hz hum has
been rather annoying for the past decade or so..

Cheers