any thoughts on using a 9 year old amp?

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Topic: any thoughts on using a 9 year old amp?

Posted By: luckydevil
Subject: any thoughts on using a 9 year old amp?
Date Posted: August 08, 2005 at 9:39 AM

a friend of mine gave me a kenwood kac-716 2ohm stable mono amp that was made in 1996. i tested it out and the amp works fine and still looks good.

i know a new replacement amp isn't that expensive, but i would hate to just toss an amp that still has some life left in it.

my concern is that i will be using it to power two jl 6w0's and if something goes wrong can it damage them?

thanks.

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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: August 08, 2005 at 9:59 AM

If it works and you are using it correctly why would you damage anything? I use an amp that is at least that old in my setup.

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Posted By: luckydevil
Date Posted: August 08, 2005 at 1:30 PM

i know i'm just being paranoid. thanks.

Posted By: speedwayaudio1
Date Posted: August 08, 2005 at 3:05 PM

I use a 7 year old 4 ch amp for my full range with no problems. It's good till it stops working, if it's brand new or 9 yrs old.

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Posted By: supradude
Date Posted: August 09, 2005 at 1:06 PM

Some of the older amps are better than the newer models. If it works fine, use what you have.

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Posted By: fr33w0rld
Date Posted: August 10, 2005 at 9:25 AM

i wish i still had my 600 watt sound stream amp :(

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