MCC404M In the Shop

[West]

Ok so my Mcintosh amp was doing fine until I took a right turn. Then I heard a mild cracking sound and both power guard lights came on and it wouldn't respond. The repair place (George Meyer Tv & Stereo) is quoting me $500 for the repair, which I am proceeding with.

I guess the consensus is that a cord is loose and I am wondering if I should trust American Radio of Knoxville with the re-installation (they were the ones that originally put it in.)

Has anyone had an issue like this before? Any good places in/around Knoxville to do the re-install and check everything?

I had to jump the cars battery earlier in the week, could this have caused the problem?

Sigh... really bummed about the whole thing.

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[West]

...Does anyone have any clue what could cause an amp to fail like this?

 

[SplAffair 10+ year member]

personally i like xtreme car audio on clinton hwy

 

[West]

personally i like xtreme car audio on clinton hwy

I will have to check them out.

I am gonna have Starr Mountain sound give it a look over as well.

 

[SplAffair 10+ year member]

starr mountain is building my enclosure now. im going there tomorrow to pick it up

 

[West]

The owner is a talented guy, you will have a rock solid box. He has the box I ordered ready... just want my amp back before I drop the subs in.

 

[SplAffair 10+ year member]

The owner is a talented guy, you will have a rock solid box. He has the box I ordered ready... just want my amp back before I drop the subs in.

Im glad to hear that. its about an hour and a half drive from here so i hope its worth it. he hasnt posted the finished pictures yet but im sure its done as im going to be there around 2 tomorrow

 

[double 07 10+ year member]

Its going to be carpeted and pics up in the morning SPL.......i went to a small comp up in Maryville tonight...

 

[SplAffair 10+ year member]

Its going to be carpeted and pics up in the morning SPL.......i went to a small comp up in Maryville tonight...

sounds good

 

[West]

Called the repair place and they have it working.

They said the most likely cause was something loose inside the amp which shifted around and shorted a bunch of components. Takes a load off my mind that it wasn't my wiring or my speakers causing it to short.

 

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Has anyone had a similar issue like this?

 

[West]

lol

Guess I am just having some bad luck >.

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

if you buy mcintosh you better know how to install yourself.

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

that repair bill is a bit over the top. Its not like McIntosh uses FETS any much different than anyone else.

 

[West]

if you buy mcintosh you better know how to install yourself.

That a fair comment. I do know how to install amps HU's and speakers. I paid someone to do it because I wanted the amp mounted nicely on a carpeted stage. There was nothing wrong with the install job, problem appeared to come from inside the amp. It was mounted securely and all the connections were solid. I made a turn in the car and the force caused something to sift in the amp, not the fault of the installer or myself (I wasn't turning very quickly either).

I probably SHOULD have done the work myself in hindsight, but I was busy.

After something like this I doubted myself and the installer, I was thinking there was something I missed or should have checked for, not the case apparently. The blame rests with McIntosh labs and their QC department.

 

[West]

that repair bill is a bit over the top. Its not like McIntosh uses FETS any much different than anyone else.

I sent it to an authorized repair center. The only authorized repair center...

They have that part of the market cornered.

I was told that a lot was wrong with the amp, I believe the guy the amp was doing a lot of weird things when I sent it in. The amp has meters and when I used an iPod to check the rca's (plugged it into channels 3 and 4 only) the power meters indicated there was signal from all channels and then it shut off.

Just curious though what would you consider fair for an amp repair (around 200-300$)?