On Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 9:49:42 PM UTC-4, Phil Allison wrote:


Maybe the Sansui amp was involved in the fire, rather than the cause of it.


That's what I was thinking, but who knows? Around here firefighters need college degrees plus a few more years of specific training to advance beyond a typical grunt riding on the back of a hook and ladder. Unless someone died in the fire it wouldn't surprise me if the investigator just blamed the stereo, called it a day and went for a pizza.

Anyway, I remember the Sansuis of the 80s that would blow outputs and burn all the way back to the speaker selector switch. I never saw one that exteriorized flame but if the owner left the stupid thing on to keep the cat from being bored, it might have shorted it's outputs. Still, it's hard to believe it made it outside the case.