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Those little tantalums rarely give problems. The cheaper ones in some later Harmon Kardon receivers were terrible. Yes, they love to short out. If a manufacturer used a good tantalum they rarely give any trouble. My Infinity SWAMPS are loaded with them and they are not the troublemakers. Usually it's the ceramic discs and the early zener diodes.
I see those little tants mostly in vertical timing circuits of BPC TV's. If I remember, only one ever was bad.
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