Sold Cadence Z1000 300w rms x 1 @ 2ohm amplifier

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Cadence Z1000 300w x 1 @ 2ohm amplifier

Specs:

10 watts @ 4 ohm rated power

300 watts @ 2 ohm mono

400 watts @ 2 ohm mono max power

rms power(IHF-202 rated)

frequency response: 10Hz - 40kHz

signal to noise ration: > 100dB

total harmonic distortion:

damping factor: > 200 @ 100Hz

channel seperation: > 65dB

Class A/B amplifier

Manufacturer's site:

http://www.cadencestore.com/cadence_manuals/2003%20NEW%20Z%20MANUAL.pdf

I've had this amp for a little over a year. It's powered a few subs along the way and has served me well.

This was a refurbished unit I bought on Ebay. It had noticable physical damage, but was refurbished and fully functional. However, something was missed that I didn't notice till after I had it a little bit. The Protection circuitry isn't fully repaired or was simply overlooked. The amp is protection happy. Under low power, at a specific output level, the proection mode will be triggered. It's very specific and repeatable. If I were to guess on the wattage point, I'd say 10-15 watts, basically just above quiet listening levels. It's triggered almost always and is very specific and repeatable. However, there's a work around. You pretty much have to force a high output load. You crank up the sub volume and force it to play a couple loud beats. If it doesn't go into protect, it will function normally and fully till you turn it off again. If it goes into protect, you turn it off(turn HU off and back on) and back on and force a strong beat out of it. After you do so, the goofy protection mode doesn't trigger. It's goofy. It's annoying. I have no clue why it does it. I've simply lived with it for over a year of daily use. The amp does function normally and fully short the goofy protection thing.

$40 OBO

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[mvw2 10+ year member]

This last pic shows the only real physical wear on the unit, worn lettering, ****-eyed adjustment knobs indicating past physical damage. This is how it came to me a year ago. Every adjustment works fully, but after a little use, it was obvious the protection circuitry wasn't fully fixed. I did use this amp daily for over a year till I very recently replaced it with a PG Xenon X400.1. I'm using a 4ohm SVC sub right now too, so the Cadence won't addequately power it at 4ohms.

 

[mvw2 10+ year member]

Just a bump.

 

[SplChoice- 10+ year member]

dude lol put em all on one thread gees

 

[oxsign 5,000+ posts]

dude lol put em all on one thread gees

It's just his way of bumping the thread. It's not a bad thing. Nice amp. I might have to think about this one. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fro.gif.c695f1f814b01c4ad99fe7f8cccadd29.gif

 

[mvw2 10+ year member]

dude lol put em all on one thread gees

I would have, but the rules say not to. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

oxsign, I have someone over on CAF that is currently thinking of getting both my amps. If you're interested, I'll let you know if decides to buy both or not. I'll probably know tomorrow.

 

[oxsign 5,000+ posts]

What other amp do you have?

 

[NickPSI 10+ year member]

I had a bad experience with that guy from ebay on a z1000. PM me if you want the details.

Free bump by the way.

 

[mvw2 10+ year member]

Which guy?

I got this one, and one of my Z4000s, from golfnuts42 or something like that, goes by Proline on CAF. He's a nice guy, sells some Cadence refurbs from time to time. I just happened to get a less than fully fixed one saddly. It's livable, just annoying from time to time.

If you're refering to me for having bad experience, I'll just laugh at you. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif Check Pedeforever if you want to see my Ebay history.

Anywho...this amp is near sold as it stands now. A member over at CAF is interested and just needs to accpet shipping costs and pay. I'll officially declare it sold upon payment.

 

[NickPSI 10+ year member]

Which guy?
I got this one, and one of my Z4000s, from golfnuts42 or something like that, goes by Proline on CAF. He's a nice guy, sells some Cadence refurbs from time to time. I just happened to get a less than fully fixed one saddly. It's livable, just annoying from time to time.

If you're refering to me for having bad experience, I'll just laugh at you. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif Check Pedeforever if you want to see my Ebay history.

Anywho...this amp is near sold as it stands now. A member over at CAF is interested and just needs to accpet shipping costs and pay. I'll officially declare it sold upon payment.

No not you, that golfnuts guy. He sent me a z1000 that started cracking and popping after 10 minutes of use, so I sent it back to him and he sent me another. The second one just popped a fuse and if i replaced it would turn on, go in and out of protect then pop the fuse, while getting real hot. He then never answered my emails. He was a nice guy in all of our emails between the two i got but after I informed him the second one broke he never responded.

 

[mvw2 10+ year member]

Hmm..no clue really. He's been a long time member of CAF, sold lots of Cadence and other stuff on Ebay. The Z4000 I got from him was great, basically new. The Z1000 like you, not so great, but different issues. Mine was noticably damaged. I don't get the protect thing really. I've had no fuse issues, not heat issues. The amp really just stayed cool even with heavy use, and the protect thing was only under light duty at a very specific point. If you could get it to play a couple heavy notes, it stayed happy till you turned it off again. Yours seamed much worse off though. It almost makes me curious if there was an inherent issue with the amp..or just people really beating on them too much. It is just a 150w x 1 @ 4ohm amp, 300w x1 @ 2ohm as I used it, class AB full range, so it's not all that efficient as a pure sub amp. It's a good amp, actually worked quite well short the protection happy nature at that very specific lighter load point.

 

[mvw2 10+ year member]

Ok, this has sort of been on dibs for quite a while, a CAF member was looking to build a small sub/amp setup for his mom. She finally said no on the deal, so the amp's back up.

 

[mvw2 10+ year member]

bump still available

 

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Cadence Z1000 amp SOLD