[Trevor]

On 14/12/2014 5:39 PM, Mark Zacharias wrote:
So-called SOA protection has always been imperfect at the VERY least.
When a solid state (lets just say consumer grade) amp runs into a short
circuit, it's at best a toss-up whether it blows before the protection
can kick in. Add to this that a consumer will keep trying repeatedly
even when the protection does trigger, a major failure is very often the
result.

As I said it's just not that hard to prevent this these days. But
everything does cost money of course. So whether a manufacturer chooses
to do it properly is another argument altogether.

Trevor.