Firing up old/dormant electronics...anybody know anything about Variacs?

Hola,

I want to fire up some old gear that's been lying fallow in dry storage for a long time; anywhere from 13 to 20 years.

I've heard people talk about "reforming" capacitors with a thing called a Variac which, apparently, can be used to slowly bring line voltage up over time in order to properly "reform" capacitors, so they work like they used to.

Jeff,need help here !

Hiya Jeff

While tr-arranging the furniture in my listening room,i've decided to play arround with speaker positioning.One of the last places i would consider placing the speakers proved to be a good match soundwise.After further expirementation, i found out that the system plays much better if i reverse the channels ie output from the amp's left channel goes to speaker's right channel.Is there any drawback in doing so ? Mind you , i am not using those speakers for watching movies.

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