DO NOT go to CIA Engineering for amp repair

[prochobo 10+ year member]

yes, yes they do. glad you got that shit worked out.

Me too. I also forgot to mention something I find a bit funny, Joe at CIA recommended that I send the amp to K&B or to Amp Repair Center and even gave me their numbers. Thanks for referring me to the two crappiest repair facilities. . .

 

[IgnoreMe 5,000+ posts]

Me too. I also forgot to mention something I find a bit funny, Joe at CIA recommended that I send the amp to K&B or to Amp Repair Center and even gave me their numbers. Thanks for referring me to the two crappiest repair facilities. . .

"irony" at its finest //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[ZeroGuage 10+ year member]

i would love to send it somewhere else but this is under warrenty and i really had no choice but to send it there. I just dont know what options i have at this point other then to keep waiting. I am gonna send an email to maxxasinics.

 

[ZeroGuage 10+ year member]

I emailed Autotek about this last wed. and still havent recieved a response //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

Guess its time for some phone calls.

 

[ZeroGuage 10+ year member]

got an email from CIA today saying he is rebuilding some driver cards and it should be repaired in about 10 days. I'm crossing my fingers.

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

wow! people still mess with CIA ? id of figured they were out of business with all the bad press they got on this and many other forums.

 

[JBGabriel 10+ year member]

Are they really that bad? I have an amp that I need repaired and I wanna know the best place to go. I would go to Db-r but he has a long wait. So what are my options?

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

My xx-hercules came to me when i bought it BNIB with a brok'd LED logo and a fried RCA jack.

i sent it into CIA engineering, it took them 3 months to get the amp back to me. When i got it back, the LED logo didnt work, and the amp worked for a whole 15 minutes (not my fault either, i tested 2 other amps on the same wiring, both worked) before it quit a second time.

I sent the amp back to them (they did pay for shipping and whatnot though). This time i figured it owuld take forever, so i sent it in a few weeks befor ei left for commercial fishing this last summer. I get back home 2 months later and nothing. So, i call them, and they said "they were waiting on parts". another 2 months goes by, and i finally got it back, broken. I eventually freaked anf raised hell, and hifonics ended up swapping me for a new 2607, which i use now.

CIA = never again

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

I sent them a 4000xd like last year when I didnt have time to work on it myself, and it took them 5 months to fix it....then as soon as I got it in and hooked it up, it blew up. Then they accused me of "improper installation"....ME.... come on now //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif I just replaced the blown fets myself and sold it.

im sure there are plenty of similar occourances.

 

[ZeroGuage 10+ year member]

10 days have come and gone.....no amp //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

you didnt believe us that joe is a scumbag, you needed proof?

 

[joeboxer5876 10+ year member]

anyone on this site should be able to spend enough timeon this site to repair there own amps. right?

 

[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

haha, yeah right.

 

[ZeroGuage 10+ year member]

4 months and counting. Wont even return my emails now //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[SQL4Life 10+ year member]

that dude from CIA can't spell either