Sold FS: Cadence Z7000 cheap (1500wrms@1ohm... after a little work ;))

[evilsaint 10+ year member]

Well, my amp quite literally went up in a puff of smoke today when I started out down the street... I took the cover off and the only damaged/burned part that I could see was a little piece, right under the fan in the center of the amp, about the size and shape of a melted M&M. If it were a motherboard, i'd probably be able to fix it, but I know jack**** about the internals of amplifiers, so i'm going to pass this beauty on to somebody who can fix it and appreciate its, umm, wonderfulness, yeah, wonderfulness //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

AFAIK, that is all that needs to be replaced, though the cover itself (currently custom painted Candy Apple Red thanks to the previous owner) has a few scratches, a few small (1mm or less) air bubbles in the paint, and a little bit flaking off. It's automotive paint, so you can probably get by with cleaning it well and waxing it by hand. I polished/waxed it once, probably 1 1/2 years ago, and I got better results, shine-wise, than I get when I wax my car //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif

The amp makes a hell of a lot of clean power (cheater amp, as it's rated at : 50wrms@4ohm, 750wrms@2ohm, and 1500wrms@1ohm), it has lots of great features (subsonic filter, adjustable frequency and level on the bass-boost, an extremely tight LPF, ventilation fan on top to pull the hot air out of the amp, not to mention all the controls on top of the amp instead of the side), and it's nice to look at to boot :

The only thing that I didn't particularly like about it is the fact that it's about 2 feet long, but as long as you have room for this sucker (and know how to fix it or want to send it back to Cadence), I promise that you'll be happy with it. I know I was; there's a reason I kept it for almost 2 1/2 years //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

I'm looking for $25 plus shipping. PM or e-mail me for quotes, Heatware feedback, and/or refs here.

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[unbonyr 10+ year member]

link doesnt work do you have a clue on how much it would cost for kb to fix this and where are u located in chicago

 

[evilsaint 10+ year member]

Link fixed. I have no idea how much it'd be to send it to Cadence and have them fix it, but if it's just a matter of replacing the one burnt little piece (resistor maybe, I doubt it's a capacitor), I doubt it'd be more than $100 including shipping it to and from them.

If they have a fixed rate for just flat out rebuilding the amp, it might be a bit more, but it'd basically be a brand new amp anyways, and should in the end cost you less than buying a NIB amp.

I'm in a NW 'burb of Chicago, Hawthorn Woods (by Lake Zurich, Libertyville, Vernon Hills). I can come deliver the amp for you as long as you're not too far away, or you could come pick it up, and i'm available any days of the week, so long as it's before noon or so (I work 1-11PM, Weds-Sat).

BTW, pics of the inside or outside of the amp will be provided upon request.

 

[TheSpeakerMan 10+ year member]

isnt cadence 1 of the best brands of amps there are?

 

[evilsaint 10+ year member]

This amp specifically, for as long as i've been using it, has WAY exceeded my expectations, but it was only the the first Cadence i've owned, or seen in use in my friends or my own cars, though i've heard good things on the forums here and IRL. I couldn't even begin to imagine how much power this thing would make brand new or freshly rebuilt... /boggle

Their older amps (the original Z-series like this, the A7/A7-HC, and a couple others) are supposedely of higher quality than their newer ones, as they've put too much into the looks of the new ones, and not as much into the hardware quality. That could just be hearsay though, I haven't personally heard/seen any proof...

 

[mike75356 10+ year member]

Can i see some pics of the inside also a quote with shipping to 15235....... You can pm me with it if you want.

 

[evilsaint 10+ year member]

Pending sale, will update.

 

[IonSQL 10+ year member]

did this ever sell? If not, I want it.

 

[mike75356 10+ year member]

it was supposed to be sold to me......... but i havent heard anything from him in a very long time when he returns it is mine lol sorry

 

[mikey060 10+ year member]

i beleive the way it works is whoever provides the money first gets it ...unless of course you have some deal with him

 

[mike75356 10+ year member]

Yes i do actually we already decided everything he got me a shipped price and now im jsut waiting on payment info havent heard from him in a while but that pending deal he posted above is for me..... So i mean i still want it if he has it but i havent heard from him in at least a couple weeks

 

[evilsaint 10+ year member]

Sorry guys, i've been trying to meet up with the first guy who contacted me, who happens to be local. I'll let you know if it falls through.

 

[evilsaint 10+ year member]

One more post for 700, whee!

 

[toaster 10+ year member]

dude...

you do realize that the parts populating a motherboard are the same type that pop an amp board?......

and the melted m&m thing is prob a "capacitor?"

haha there's a BUNCH of those on motherboards