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danger boy
danger boy Posts: 15,722
edited May 2008 in Electronics
Ok. not really.. but maybe some of you nice people can channel some of your good luck my way then.

my Pioneer Elite A-88X amp died in it's sleep tonight.. i turned it on for 30 minutes to warm up... the right channel has been cutting in and out lately.. then tonight while I was in the other room.. she passed at approx 10:30pm.

ok. well she's going under the knife late this week or early next week. Maybe a nice defibrillator can revive her. :D;)
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited October 2007
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    LOL! Best of luck Al.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited October 2007
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    Don't view it as a loss...

    Consider it an opportunity to buy new gear....

    You KNOW you wanted to buy some new stuff anyway...this just forces your hand.

    BTW: I 'm not really sure how I knew to respond to this thead since danger boy is on my ignore list. ;) Maybe I have paranomal psychic abilities. Think I should call Randi?
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited October 2007
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    I did an ancient tribal amplifier dance for you.
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited October 2007
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    wingnut4772 wrote: »
    I did an ancient tribal amplifier dance for you.

    NICE! How much for the video of that? :D
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  • jakelm
    jakelm Posts: 4,081
    edited October 2007
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    "I have a cramp in my amp"
    Monitor 7b's front
    Monitor 4's surround
    Frankinpolk Center (2 mw6503's with peerless tweeter)
    M10's back surround
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,675
    edited October 2007
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    jakelm wrote: »
    "I have a cramp in my amp"

    now that's funny!!

    engtaz
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • jakelm
    jakelm Posts: 4,081
    edited October 2007
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    jakelm wrote:
    I have a cramp in my amp
    engtaz wrote: »
    now that's funny!!

    engtaz


    My father actually used that saying back in the 70's when he and my uncle owned there HiFi store.

    "If you have a cramp in your amp, bring it down to Brute Force Audio, we'll fix it right up for you"

    .....or something like that...lol
    Monitor 7b's front
    Monitor 4's surround
    Frankinpolk Center (2 mw6503's with peerless tweeter)
    M10's back surround
    Hafler-200 driving patio Daytons
    Tempest-X 15" DIY sub w/ Rythmik 350A plate amp
    Dayton 12" DVC w/ Rythmik 350a plate amp
    Harman/Kardon AVR-635
    Oppo 981hd
    Denon upconvert DVD player
    Jennings Research (vintage and rare)
    Mit RPTV WS-55513
    Tosh HD-XA1
    B&K AV5000


    Dont BAN me Bro!!!!:eek:
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited October 2007
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    shack wrote: »
    Don't view it as a loss...

    Consider it an opportunity to buy new gear....

    You KNOW you wanted to buy some new stuff anyway...this just forces your hand.

    BTW: I 'm not really sure how I knew to respond to this thead since danger boy is on my ignore list. ;) Maybe I have paranomal psychic abilities. Think I should call Randi?

    yes that is interesting... since I am on your ignore list.. ;)
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  • jakelm
    jakelm Posts: 4,081
    edited October 2007
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    danger boy wrote: »
    yes that is interesting... since I am on your ignore list.. ;)

    he has that "you cant ignore me" software
    Monitor 7b's front
    Monitor 4's surround
    Frankinpolk Center (2 mw6503's with peerless tweeter)
    M10's back surround
    Hafler-200 driving patio Daytons
    Tempest-X 15" DIY sub w/ Rythmik 350A plate amp
    Dayton 12" DVC w/ Rythmik 350a plate amp
    Harman/Kardon AVR-635
    Oppo 981hd
    Denon upconvert DVD player
    Jennings Research (vintage and rare)
    Mit RPTV WS-55513
    Tosh HD-XA1
    B&K AV5000


    Dont BAN me Bro!!!!:eek:
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  • 1422
    1422 Posts: 19
    edited October 2007
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    I've tried, but I can't get my amplifier to dance.
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  • Monster Jam
    Monster Jam Posts: 919
    edited October 2007
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    Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology....we can make him better than he was before. Better. Stronger. Faster.
    Do you hear that buzzing noise? :confused:
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited October 2007
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    Monster Jam wrote: »
    Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology....we can make him better than he was before. Better. Stronger. Faster.

    as long as parts are available :p;)
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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
    edited October 2007
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    Cripes-in-a-basket!

    Isn't that the Pioneer you just bought?
    "Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then." Bob Seger
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited October 2007
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    BottomFeeder wrote: »
    Cripes-in-a-basket!

    Isn't that the Pioneer you just bought?

    yes sir. that's part of the gamble you take with older used gear.. it's old and susceptible to dying at any time. but what can a guy do? it was growing on me with those sad puppy dog eyes ;) it followed me home. :D
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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited October 2007
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    That is to funny buy a new one after stop greaving and move on. LOL
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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
    edited October 2007
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    danger boy wrote: »
    yes sir. that's part of the gamble you take with older used gear.. it's old and susceptible to dying at any time. but what can a guy do? it was growing on me with those sad puppy dog eyes ;) it followed me home. :D

    Now THAT I understand!

    Hope you can get it fixed, DB.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited October 2007
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    the guys at OneCall are checking it out. I guess very few parts are still available for it from Pioneer and Circuit City.
    http://parts.pioneerelectronics.com/model.asp?modelNum=A-88X&x=50&y=7 :(
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  • Deadof_knight
    Deadof_knight Posts: 980
    edited October 2007
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    perfect reason to buy new ......your tired of buying used stuff and it beaking down yea yea
    :cool: " He who dies with the most equipment wins Right ? "

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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited October 2007
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    lets see... i got the amp for $15. and yeah it's down now.. but if I replaced it with a new one of similar build quality.. i betcha i'd be in for about $700 to $1500 :eek::eek:

    If I didn't buy the SDA2B's for $100 with two bad tweeters and replaced them myself for $98 and tried to find a pair of tower speakers with the same build and quailty.. I think i'd be looking at about $1,500 to $2,800 for new :eek::eek:
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited November 2007
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    welll thanks for all your prayers. I talked to OneCall today and they have ordered parts for my beloved amp. :) bad output resistor was the problem. So with any luck I hope to have it back some time next week or the week after. Yay!
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  • vonnie123
    vonnie123 Posts: 326
    edited November 2007
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    Here's to some miracle solder to resurrect your AMP. :D
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited November 2007
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    well I picked up the Pioneer pre elite amp today.. and she's sounding mighty fine. burned up output amp(s) little diode looking thingys. had 6 of them replaced.. and she sounds good again. :D

    took 4 weeks to get her fixed, but the wait was worth it ;)
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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
    edited November 2007
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    Alright, DB!

    You go, dude!

    Hey, hope to hop over soon to hear your new stuff!
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited December 2007
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    &$@!57)_+)*^5$#@!!!!!!!!!!!

    Ok my beloved Pioneer amp is dead again. Had it fixed for a whole week, then tonight while having listened to some albums for about an hour.. my friend and I swap turntables and fire her up again. Burning smell, oh sheite!!!!! turned if off... the right channel is dead again. burned up the right ch output amps freakin' AGAIN!

    WTH? how can this happen within just a week of getting it fixed after being down for four weeks?

    All i can think is there is something else causing a short inside the amp that is frying the right channel every time. A short must be sending some current zap to the right channel and causing it to blow up or melt basically. It smelled hot/burning... as soon as I smelled that. of course it was way to late by then.

    I'm stumped as to what the problem might be. My service guy is gonna kill me for toasting it after only a week out of the shop. UGHHHH!!!

    It wouln't be so bad if the amp was a POS and sounded like ****, but it doesn't. it sounded so sweet tonight and the past couple nights with some sweet Japanese vinyl from the 80's. ;)

    My friend that was here listening to some albums agreed, it sounded excellent. He's got good ears for vinyl.

    Sorry people, i'm just venting a little. It's not even about the money to get the amp fixed, it's just that I want to be able to solve this shorting problem and just enjoy my music again.

    I have back up gear of course.. but it doesn't sound anywhere near this good, trust me. It's like the Pioneer Elite amp was made for the Pioneer TT and the SDA 2B's. :)
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited December 2007
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    Sound like your service guy didn't fix the problem. . . you should be killing him rather than feeling the opposite!

    However you may want to check your speaker outs, the wires and the connections on the back of the speakers. I've had amps blow up before and it was because a single strand of speaker wire which I couldn't see touched the other post.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited December 2007
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    OK, i'm going to go take the amp in again for repairs... ugh!

    WE'll see what happens this time. I honestly can't figure out why the right channel keeps blowing up. I can understand if the speaker wires touch each other they can fry an amp, but as far as I can tell mine don't touch each other. so that leads me to believe it's something else wrong with the amp.

    I hate to keeping frying the amp, just so that I can isolate where the problem is coming from.

    If the right SDA 2b had it's wiring crossed somewhere inside, would that also cause an amp to be fried? If so, why doesn't this problem show up when I power it with other amps? I'm stumped.
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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
    edited December 2007
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    Makes me wonder about why the guy from whom you bought it, sold it.

    Can't remember the story & hope that's got nothing to do w/it.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited December 2007
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    if i didn't like this amp, i'd toss it out an airplane window. dang this is getting frustating.

    i'll be rechecking the wiring in the right SDA 2B again to see if anything jumps out at me.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited May 2008
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    way overdue update on the Pioneer A-88x integrated amp. It's in a Seattle repair shop called Precision audio and video.

    The tech guy called today.. and said that as i suspected one of the four large caps is leaking goey stuff. So they are planning to replace all four phat caps to start with... to a cost of $225+. Ouch!

    if that solves the cutting out of the right channel, then it's good to go.. but it may have other problems too.

    *yeah, i can't use this sweet amp with the SDA 2B's anymore. Boo Hoo! :(
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