Need good stereo shop in central LA, amp cutting out
Hey guys, first off, I need a good stereo shop in LA. If someone knows of a good one I'm near Glendale.
For anyone down to help troubleshoot:
The reason I need it is because I've installed an amp in my car and it's cutting out. I replaced the previous amp I had that had been damaged by over packing the trunk for a move. So basically I unplugged the old one, plugged the new one in. It's an Eclipse EA4200, a 4 channel class D powering the interior speakers. Speakers are 4ohm, MB quart in the back, Orions in the front. I also have a powered sub tube that I got recently, but that's not a problem. Nakamichi head unit.
The Eclipse amp cuts out at random.
-will cut out on smooth roads or rough.
- sometimes road bumps may set it off, maybe, but it happens even when parked.
- apparently random
- appears to completely power off amp for :30-1:00
- warm to touch, but within normal range. Not hot.
- sometimes the sub cuts out with it, sometimes the interior speakers cut out and the sub keeps playing.
- original wiring done by pros, who taught me a lot along w/ my friends
- my last amp was 5 channel. The sub channel rarely worked, and the interior speakers had a lot of static, but didn't cut out.
- I just replaced the amp w/ one the dealer sent me as a replacement, it's doing the same thing. We both thought it was the amp after I checked it.
I've checked:
- ground is fine. I redid the ground when I added the sub. There's an extra ground for another seatmounted amp since I used to have 2, so since the tube is in I have 3 grounds, 2 amps, 1 loose one that's taped down so as not to ground out.
- power cable is fine, fuse looks a little old, but not blown. Goes to distribution block, then to both amps.
-traced remote wire, it was actually made of 3 parts soldered together, it's intact though. And solid. I took pics. Good connections.
- the speakers ohm reading on the multimeter are 4.8 ohm. I measured by pulling the wires from the amp and measuring there, no power through them. Some slight variance up to 5.2, but pretty much 4.8.
Conclusions
- this is going to eat up even more time and probably money
- it's unlikely that both amps are bad, right? I've read literally 0 bad commments.
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For anyone down to help troubleshoot:
The reason I need it is because I've installed an amp in my car and it's cutting out. I replaced the previous amp I had that had been damaged by over packing the trunk for a move. So basically I unplugged the old one, plugged the new one in. It's an Eclipse EA4200, a 4 channel class D powering the interior speakers. Speakers are 4ohm, MB quart in the back, Orions in the front. I also have a powered sub tube that I got recently, but that's not a problem. Nakamichi head unit.
The Eclipse amp cuts out at random.
-will cut out on smooth roads or rough.
- sometimes road bumps may set it off, maybe, but it happens even when parked.
- apparently random
- appears to completely power off amp for :30-1:00
- warm to touch, but within normal range. Not hot.
- sometimes the sub cuts out with it, sometimes the interior speakers cut out and the sub keeps playing.
- original wiring done by pros, who taught me a lot along w/ my friends
- my last amp was 5 channel. The sub channel rarely worked, and the interior speakers had a lot of static, but didn't cut out.
- I just replaced the amp w/ one the dealer sent me as a replacement, it's doing the same thing. We both thought it was the amp after I checked it.
I've checked:
- ground is fine. I redid the ground when I added the sub. There's an extra ground for another seatmounted amp since I used to have 2, so since the tube is in I have 3 grounds, 2 amps, 1 loose one that's taped down so as not to ground out.
- power cable is fine, fuse looks a little old, but not blown. Goes to distribution block, then to both amps.
-traced remote wire, it was actually made of 3 parts soldered together, it's intact though. And solid. I took pics. Good connections.
- the speakers ohm reading on the multimeter are 4.8 ohm. I measured by pulling the wires from the amp and measuring there, no power through them. Some slight variance up to 5.2, but pretty much 4.8.
Conclusions
- this is going to eat up even more time and probably money
- it's unlikely that both amps are bad, right? I've read literally 0 bad commments.
-
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