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Buying used amp. What can you actually look for?
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<blockquote data-quote="Deiimos" data-source="post: 8760611" data-attributes="member: 682903"><p>I agree it is a gamble. An amp can be working fine then blow. One person might get away with running below rated impedance, the next person fry it quick from different impedance rise. I’ve also gotten amps that looked brand new with original box that were blown (I knew this when buying as I bought them like that cheap to repair, but they were like brand new, not a scratch), have also seen amps scratched, corroded and or rusted to hell and they played great for a long time. There is really nothing to say with certainty if an amp is going to give problems, not even a dyno test. By the time internal components look bad, it’s usually dead by then. About the best you can do is test it at its minimum impedance to make sure it works before buying, if it works it is “likely” okay. Maybe ask what impedance they were running it at. Below rated impedance can often be bad for amps even if they seem to function there, some hold up better than others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deiimos, post: 8760611, member: 682903"] I agree it is a gamble. An amp can be working fine then blow. One person might get away with running below rated impedance, the next person fry it quick from different impedance rise. I’ve also gotten amps that looked brand new with original box that were blown (I knew this when buying as I bought them like that cheap to repair, but they were like brand new, not a scratch), have also seen amps scratched, corroded and or rusted to hell and they played great for a long time. There is really nothing to say with certainty if an amp is going to give problems, not even a dyno test. By the time internal components look bad, it’s usually dead by then. About the best you can do is test it at its minimum impedance to make sure it works before buying, if it works it is “likely” okay. Maybe ask what impedance they were running it at. Below rated impedance can often be bad for amps even if they seem to function there, some hold up better than others. [/QUOTE]
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