another goliath up in smoke...

[darren700 10+ year member]

i just got everything installed two days ago, except i was only running 1 hd312. so the goliath was running at 2 ohms, and just like bamaboy, i was driving with it not even cranked and it just cut out and magic smoke appeared... i think this has to be a manufacturers defect... i just cant beleive it happened on a bnib amp after only 1.5 days of use.... im pretty pissed... luckily its covered under warrenty.. but ill still have to prolly wait another month now... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/pissed.gif.9f665f96bc89e98e708dabd4580bb591.gif issed:

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[Goldtaz1 10+ year member]

Really sucks dude. I feel your pain and every other owner's pain. Nothing like having a $1900 paper weight.

 

[darren700 10+ year member]

yea, but i didnt pay anywhere near mrsp... my paperweight is only worth $800 but still... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/verymad.gif.3f39c5c2fd57527b671fad3efdfac756.gif

 

[denim 5,000+ posts]

I am sorry to read that. Just another case after case of HiFonics failing.

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

wow is all I can say! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif

 

[bamaboy 5,000+ posts]

mine is gone

some people dont have any trouble with them, i wish hifonics would so something about this, instead of having people that paid their hard earned money for an POS amp, they use stuck to either waiting on the amp or taking a hit like me

paid 800 for it a while back, it blew the 1st tim ei hooked it up, said okay, fedex could of damaged it, paid 200 to fix it, took me 3 months to get it back, and it did work good while it worked, so i can give it that, now it blows again and i sold it for 300$...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[sciononhub's 10+ year member]

**** the only time i ever used a goliath it worked fine... my friend smoked one of his a while back and sent it in...but now im thinking of another amp to get

 

[BigOso 10+ year member]

Darren what kind of electricle do you have and please don't tell me its a stock alt with those 3 batts

 

[BigOso 10+ year member]

I used my goliath every day for 9 months at .5ohm not one problem but then again I never once clipped the amp and it never seen low voltage.

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

my herc toasted itself for the second time about 2 weeks ago. not because of me either (i dont think). was running it with plenty of power for it and less than its RMS. first time was something on the RCA jack side of the amp, now this time it smoked from the power/ground/speaker side //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

now that i think about this, i should call the warranty place tomorrow. i requested either a replacement or a refund, and the dealer i bought it from send it in with that request hehe, lets see what htey have to say about that

 

[sciononhub's 10+ year member]

i mean the power and ground could have arced our on each other or the speaker wire could have been exposed and arced out on the amp or it could have been a manufactur problem or low voltage allot of factors

 

[BigOso 10+ year member]

I bough Bama's Goliath so I understand his frustration but seriously I would like to know how you guys had your gains set and how were the electricle in your ride? See all your amp has to do is see a clipped signal for a short period of time to severly weaken the power supple.

 

[sciononhub's 10+ year member]

i had the goliath on an nsb 125 nothing wrong

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

i just cant beleive it happened on a bnib amp after only 1.5 days of use.... im pretty pissed... luckily its covered under warrenty.. but ill still have to prolly wait another month now... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/pissed.gif.9f665f96bc89e98e708dabd4580bb591.gif issed:

exact same thing for me the second time around. the amp smoked when i first wired it it when i got it BNIB (and it was wired correctly, yes) and did not work, along with a faulty LED logo.

bout two and a half months later, i got the amp back. Mine ran for about 2 weeks, and i was driving home from a football game with the music perdy low, low enough to talk over, and the subs just stopped playing and the amp started smoking.

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

I bough Bama's Goliath so I understand his frustration but seriously I would like to know how you guys had your gains set and how were the electricle in your ride? See all your amp has to do is see a clipped signal for a short period of time to severly weaken the power supple.

130amp alternator, big 3 done in 1/0, kinetik 2400 battery, and set for about 1600RMS wired at 1 ohm. didnt get dimming really at all. that sound like enough electrical upgrade for that much wattage?