It’s a big deal for retrocomputing folks as well. Entire generations of 8 and 16 bit computers were built during the early years of the capacitor plague, and those are all now failing right on cue. “Putting in a cap kit” is the first thing many an enthusiast does with their “new to me” Amiga, Commodore, or Apple II.
I’ve bought quite a few bad electronics on eBay as a gamble that it’s something simple, and 99% of the time it’s a bad power switch or bad caps. I have two audio amps like this- got them for scrap price and they just needed two new caps each.
