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<blockquote data-quote="thylantyr" data-source="post: 3958840" data-attributes="member: 560358">When I started audio 25 years ago and learned of Zapco amplifiers, I got hooked and boughtthem. I punished the amps and blew some up. It&#039;s already a PITA to afford one, but to blowone up by abuse and having to spend more money on the repair isn&#039;t sweet. I after I sentone in for repair, I decided to tackle this repair job myself,&nbsp; a new hobby is born.It was easy to do the repair as I had previous electronic experience. By then I havealready made friends with the Zapco repair guy. We talked on the phone, he sent meschematics and told me alot of stories. He gets alot of blown amps from crazy userswho would install higher than recommended fuses, amplifiers with nails in the fuse holder,etc.,Everyone in my area was using that product. The fact that he was fixing amps all day doesn&#039;t implythe product was bad, they just sold alot of product and the users just abused the amplifiersbeyond recommended operating parameters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thylantyr, post: 3958840, member: 560358"] When I started audio 25 years ago and learned of Zapco amplifiers, I got hooked and bought them. I punished the amps and blew some up. It's already a PITA to afford one, but to blow one up by abuse and having to spend more money on the repair isn't sweet. I after I sent one in for repair, I decided to tackle this repair job myself, a new hobby is born. It was easy to do the repair as I had previous electronic experience. By then I have already made friends with the Zapco repair guy. We talked on the phone, he sent me schematics and told me alot of stories. He gets alot of blown amps from crazy users who would install higher than recommended fuses, amplifiers with nails in the fuse holder, etc., Everyone in my area was using that product. The fact that he was fixing amps all day doesn't imply the product was bad, they just sold alot of product and the users just abused the amplifiers beyond recommended operating parameters. [/QUOTE]

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