Arc XXK going bad :-( Should I upgrade?

[Oak244 10+ year member]

Well I am a little mad. I bought two Arc Audio 2500XXK's and one of them is going bad. It ran fine untill this really cold weather hit. Now the left channel does not turn on untill the amp warms up, then its hit and miss.

I will be taking it out of my car to get fixed, so I am wondering..... Should I stick with the XXK's or go ahead and upgrade to something new? I really like my XXK's though at low volumes there is a little hiss, which I think I hear due to my tweets being pillar mounted. Then again I wonder how long this 2500XXK has not been working propery, and if it may have something to do with the hiss.

Any thought?

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[///M5 10+ year member]

Out of all the places you go, you ask this here?

 

[Oak244 10+ year member]

Out of all the places you go, you ask this here?

Whats wrong with here? I have had lots of help over the years from here! lol

 

[jrouter76 10+ year member]

It seems like you have a bad solder weld somewhere or a bad cap, If you like it get it fixed those are some very good amps.

 

[Oak244 10+ year member]

Any suggestions on how to get the 2500XXK fixed? I live in a small town so not many local options.

 

[Schuey2002 10+ year member]

Maybe you could have it fixed by Arc? Have you talked to Jason yet?

 

[Oak244 10+ year member]

Maybe you could have it fixed by Arc? Have you talked to Jason yet?

No I do not know Jason. How can I get a hold of him and who is he?

 

[Schuey2002 10+ year member]

He works for Arc. He's the one that everyone gets ahold of when they want to contact someone about their products.. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

His email is: Jason@arcaudio.com

 

[hardhitta47 10+ year member]

Get it repaired. You've got a whole set of nice matching amps.

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

Out of all the places you go, you ask this here?

thats great

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

Funny, i thought i heard a hiss out of my 2500 today as well. It went away though.

Ive got to call arc about it, it likes to clip for some reason.

 

[Oak244 10+ year member]

Funny, i thought i heard a hiss out of my 2500 today as well. It went away though.Ive got to call arc about it, it likes to clip for some reason.

I noticed the 2500XXK I am having troubles with clips early too. The 2500 running my sub can go much louder before clipping.

 

[///M5 10+ year member]

thats great

Thanks!

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

Out of all the places you go, you ask this here?

shut up and never post again

 

[///M5 10+ year member]

shut up and never post again

oops, I posted again.