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<blockquote data-quote="WJE" data-source="post: 8678699" data-attributes="member: 677434"><p>Joe, Greetings and Happy Monday! I had an amp that recently had an issue. It was the Skar RP2000 amplifier that I had purchased from the original owner. Needless to say, I did inquire about how much the repair costs would be for the device, because it was stuck in "protect mode" which occurred as a result of my speaker wires vibrating loose at the subwoofer cabinet level, then touching. I did get some great advice from support personnel to unplug the amplifier for at least 24 hours to let the capacitors fully drain, etc. I actually left it unplugged for 5 days, then reconnected it to find that the issue was still present. I inquired with an amplifier repair company that's familiar with that amplifier and actually performs all the repairs for Skar amps, as well as several other amps. The cost of the repair was going to be $110, plus $19.99 in shipping fees (on my end) to get the amplifier sent to the repair facility. Then, the current wait would be 5 - 7 weeks for the repair to occur and the amp to be returned to me. Being that the repair costs would be nearly 50% of the cost for a new amp, I ended up selling the amp as a non-working amplifier on Ebay and moved ahead with another amp. In this current day, there are many great amplifiers out there in the $200 - $300 range and it may just seem silly to pay such repair costs being that you could opt for a better amplifier for not too much more money. Just my .02 based upon my experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WJE, post: 8678699, member: 677434"] Joe, Greetings and Happy Monday! I had an amp that recently had an issue. It was the Skar RP2000 amplifier that I had purchased from the original owner. Needless to say, I did inquire about how much the repair costs would be for the device, because it was stuck in "protect mode" which occurred as a result of my speaker wires vibrating loose at the subwoofer cabinet level, then touching. I did get some great advice from support personnel to unplug the amplifier for at least 24 hours to let the capacitors fully drain, etc. I actually left it unplugged for 5 days, then reconnected it to find that the issue was still present. I inquired with an amplifier repair company that's familiar with that amplifier and actually performs all the repairs for Skar amps, as well as several other amps. The cost of the repair was going to be $110, plus $19.99 in shipping fees (on my end) to get the amplifier sent to the repair facility. Then, the current wait would be 5 - 7 weeks for the repair to occur and the amp to be returned to me. Being that the repair costs would be nearly 50% of the cost for a new amp, I ended up selling the amp as a non-working amplifier on Ebay and moved ahead with another amp. In this current day, there are many great amplifiers out there in the $200 - $300 range and it may just seem silly to pay such repair costs being that you could opt for a better amplifier for not too much more money. Just my .02 based upon my experience. [/QUOTE]
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