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From: Phil Allison on 23 Jan 2007 05:52 "Q" > > Still have a pile of used EV and Chevin amps sitting on a shelf here, if > you > are interested > ** Chevin Research amps neither make good door stoppers nor boat anchors. Despite using ultra reliable Hitachi TO3 mosfets. Now that takes skill ..... ........ Phil
From: Per on 23 Jan 2007 13:32 Thanks to all. And I must say I`m disappointed with the Tapco...fried due to a overload, wich the behringer handled without problems!!! And thanks for your offers Peter, I`ll think about it. Per "Q" <Q(a)Q.Q> skrev i en meddelelse news:45b5dd5a$0$181$157c6196(a)dreader1.cybercity.dk... > > "Per" <perjust(a)dlgtele.dk> skrev i en meddelelse > news:45b36331$0$3517$edfadb0f(a)dread11.news.tele.dk... >> Hi. >> I just fried my tapco amp, due to an defect xover. Whenever i connect a >> speaker to the amp, the OL lights up, even without anything connected to > the >> inputs. Any ideas to solve that? what do you think has happened inside >> the >> amp, fuses or something else blown? >> Any ideas will be apriciated... >> Per > > Most likely not worth repairing.. It can be anything from a 5 kr chip to a > set of new output transistors.. Problem is that the repairtechs also have > to > make a living, and at ~300 DKR per hr you'd get close to the price of a > new > amp pretty fast... > > I have a couple of good techs up here, but that would require shipping the > amp - email me for contacts if you want them.. > > Still have a pile of used EV and Chevin amps sitting on a shelf here, if > you > are interested > > /peter, voidaudio.dk > >
From: tbmoas58 on 23 Jan 2007 14:01 "Per" <perjust(a)dlgtele.dk> wrote in message news:45b654ce$0$144$edfadb0f(a)dread11.news.tele.dk... > Thanks to all. > And I must say I`m disappointed with the Tapco...fried due to a overload, > wich the behringer handled without problems!!! > And thanks for your offers Peter, I`ll think about it. remember that any time your considering a mackie you may or may not be aware that tapco was one of Greg Mackies first companies. and still has his fingerprints all over it George
From: Eeyore on 23 Jan 2007 14:57 tbmoas58(a)peoplepc.com wrote: > "Per" <perjust(a)dlgtele.dk> wrote > > > Thanks to all. > > And I must say I`m disappointed with the Tapco...fried due to a overload, > > wich the behringer handled without problems!!! > > And thanks for your offers Peter, I`ll think about it. > > remember that any time your considering a mackie > you may or may not be aware that tapco was one of Greg Mackies first > companies. > and still has his fingerprints all over it There are none of his fingerprints on the Tapco amplifiers which are OEM Sekaku 'copies' of QSC RMXs branded as Tapco. Graham
From: Eeyore on 23 Jan 2007 17:10
hank alrich wrote: > <tbmoas58(a)peoplepc.com> wrote: > > "Per" <perjust(a)dlgtele.dk> wrote in message > > > > > Thanks to all. > > > And I must say I`m disappointed with the Tapco...fried due to a overload, > > > wich the behringer handled without problems!!! > > > And thanks for your offers Peter, I`ll think about it. > > > > remember that any time your considering a mackie > > you may or may not be aware that tapco was one of Greg Mackies first > > companies. > > and still has his fingerprints all over it > > George > > I don't think that's true. Mackie hs been under control of the Loud > Technologies bean counters for a long itme now. I doubt Greg had > anything at all to do with the design of that amp. Neither did Loud Technologies. I had samples of the very same units to evaluate ( except they were painted white rather than black ). Graham |