From: trevor@home.net   
      
   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.   
      
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