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My amp just blew out!

Posted on 02/17/2017 3:27:05 AM PST by djf

Arghh! I have a couple Polk speakers hooked up to two Behringer A500 amps and one of them just bit the dust!

Must be Trump!! (/sillyassshit)


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To: djf

Now THIS is the kind of thread I expect on a Friday night! Listening to Zappa’s Charlie’s Enormous Mouth just now.


21 posted on 02/17/2017 5:45:59 AM PST by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Roger that. I’m running Magneplanar 3.7is with an ARC DSI200. Breathtaking realism5.


22 posted on 02/17/2017 5:59:24 AM PST by Noumenon ("Only the dead have seen an end to war.")
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To: djf

Even speakers can be redlined. :-)


23 posted on 02/17/2017 6:09:03 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: freepdawg

Walking through the jungle of Behringer products, old and new, is truly a dangerous trek. Some of their stuff is horribly bad, especially when it comes to anything involving an amplifier. Some of it is iffy, like rack gear that had good years and bad years depending on where they were made and when. Their new digital boards are not bad at all (gobbling up Midas really DID help). I’ve owned some and still do, but yeah, get a Crown amp.


24 posted on 02/17/2017 6:17:15 AM PST by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

“Bose speakers... You can stop there. Professional Musicians apparently have ruined their hearing. (Bose speakers are terrible.)”

When used properly in the right application they can be very nice, if overpriced. Just don’t try to push them or use them without more than adequate power and a decent sub.


25 posted on 02/17/2017 6:19:59 AM PST by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
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To: Noumenon

Magneplanars? Quick, someone post the pic of Homer with a donut.....YUM!!!


26 posted on 02/17/2017 6:21:28 AM PST by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
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To: jdsteel

I feed ‘em with an ARC CD5. All lashed together with AntiCables interconnects and speaker wires. Exquisite.


27 posted on 02/17/2017 6:26:59 AM PST by Noumenon ("Only the dead have seen an end to war.")
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To: djf

Agree with everyone who said “Crown”. Best amp out there for the price, especially when Musicians Friend runs a blow-out. I now own three of them.


28 posted on 02/17/2017 6:27:02 AM PST by CMSMC
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To: Noumenon
As the US Distributor of YBA, I gotta mention their Signature Amplifier, Signature Preamp/DAC and Signature CDPlayer - all world class sound quality and CNC milled from solid blocks of aluminum


29 posted on 02/17/2017 6:38:52 AM PST by newfreep ("If Lyin' Ted was an American citizen, he would be a traitor.")
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To: newfreep

Very nice. Solid gear.


30 posted on 02/17/2017 7:33:53 AM PST by Noumenon ("Only the dead have seen an end to war.")
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To: Lionheartusa1

Not anymore - Behringer is pretty much leading the industry in Digital Mixers. I have both the X32 and the XR18 - and they are simply the best pieces of audio gear I have ever owned. Sound is incredible - and function is the best. Love mixing with a tablet!


31 posted on 02/17/2017 8:51:26 AM PST by GG-1
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To: GG-1

I guess I should toss out my 32 channel Allen and Heath console and 3 QSC amps along with all my other top of the line gear for those cheap Behringer rack mounts . I’ve already had experience with that junk ,, no more ,,,, no thanks .


32 posted on 02/17/2017 9:19:32 AM PST by Lionheartusa1 ()-: ISIS is Islam without the lipstick :-()
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To: All

Well I tore the system down to individual components, tested them all in both channels, and it all works.

Put it back together and everything is OK now!
So it’s just one of them thingies!!

Now I CAN turn it to 11!
Thanks to all for your suggestions and comments!

Trump on!


33 posted on 02/17/2017 10:49:42 AM PST by djf ("She wore a raspberry beret, the kind you find in a second hand store..." - Prince)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Well I have a pellet stove which no matter what you do, emits a very fine layer of dust... it’s been since last year that I actually dusted near my stereo setup, which I did the other day, musta knocked something loose.


34 posted on 02/17/2017 11:00:30 AM PST by djf ("She wore a raspberry beret, the kind you find in a second hand store..." - Prince)
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To: Noumenon

I know some people that say they need a sub. I disagree.


35 posted on 02/17/2017 2:51:57 PM PST by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
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To: djf

Is that you?

-PJ

36 posted on 02/17/2017 2:59:21 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the first question.)
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To: jdsteel

Properly set up, they don’t. And I cheat. They’re on Mye Engineering stands. Everything snaps into focus and you get the bass they’re really capable of.


37 posted on 02/17/2017 3:26:11 PM PST by Noumenon ("Only the dead have seen an end to war.")
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