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Old May 22, 2007 | 06:44 PM
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Possible fried PG amp

After 18 months of problem free sound quality my luck has possibly come to an end.

The other day I noticed that it sounded like one of my subs wasn't working. I Figured I had possibly blown a fuze or wires had come loose but I couldn't find anything wrong. I would drive over a bump and my subs would stick for no reason at high bass when the volume was down. Once again I looked at the subs and amp. couldnt see anything wrong then when i put my hand on the amp the subwoofers made a noise. I kept on tapping on the one corner of my amp and everytime I do so my subs stick and the bass goes loud

The part of my amp that I tap is the corner where the fusses and my sub wires connect. Any Ideas anyone?!?

This is a phoenix gold octane R 5.0.1 amp.
Old May 23, 2007 | 08:18 PM
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if you amp was fried chances are it woudlent change if you tapped on it more likely you have a loose wire (inside the amp because you siad you checked the connections outside)

a wire could have come loose on the outputs or where they connect to the fuses inside the amps housing

it should be repairable
Old May 24, 2007 | 12:36 PM
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if you send it out to pg thay have a flat $ on fixing it
i just had 3 come back and there faster then some makers

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Old May 24, 2007 | 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Iwagner_187
couldnt see anything wrong then when i put my hand on the amp the subwoofers made a noise. I kept on tapping on the one corner of my amp and everytime I do so my subs stick and the bass goes loud
It could be just a simple cold solder joint... but could be tricky finding where it is tho.
Old May 24, 2007 | 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by lwagner_187
After 18 months of problem free sound quality my luck has possibly come to an end.

The other day I noticed that it sounded like one of my subs wasn't working. I Figured I had possibly blown a fuze or wires had come loose but I couldn't find anything wrong. I would drive over a bump and my subs would stick for no reason at high bass when the volume was down. Once again I looked at the subs and amp. couldnt see anything wrong then when i put my hand on the amp the subwoofers made a noise. I kept on tapping on the one corner of my amp and everytime I do so my subs stick and the bass goes loud

The part of my amp that I tap is the corner where the fusses and my sub wires connect. Any Ideas anyone?!?

This is a phoenix gold octane R 5.0.1 amp.
That to me sounds like the rca connector is busted - simple repair but could be tricky. We would normally charge somewhere around $60 to fix that kind of problem. Please give usa call if you're interested.
Old May 25, 2007 | 12:19 AM
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if you send it out to pg thay have a flat $ on fixing it
i just had 3 come back and there faster then some makers
yea I just emailed their tech support. How long did it take for them to fix and return it?? and if u know..how much?

I opened the amp up yesterday, couldn't see anything obvious
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