Orion 2500 went up into smoke today

[DZNUTTS 10+ year member]

sounds like the channel. man that sucks!

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[InhumanAcura 5,000+ posts]

smoke = dead

 

[nissanrider06 10+ year member]

expensive amp 2

 

[Ricky616 10+ year member]

thats not good what sub was it pushing thats odd since the hu was on but on 0:uhoh: could the amp be repaired

 

[InhumanAcura 5,000+ posts]

You can't repair the channel?

its not that simple man. not at all.

my suggestion would be to try to get it warranteed, otherwise there are several amp repair shops on the interweb...might even have one locally if you dont fear the outside world.

 

[prioracy 10+ year member]

thats not good what sub was it pushing thats odd since the hu was on but on 0:uhoh: could the amp be repaired

ugh he had volume on 52, that really sux, i had my 2500d rca's go bad, warranty covered it, orion is cool on their warranty's

 

[HCCAfan]

sounds like the channel. man that sucks!

considering its a mono amp, i doubt its a CHANNEL.

 

[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

What HU and what ohm was the amp running at?

 

[theCybe 5,000+ posts]

crack that sucker open and lemme see

 

[937DYTBOI 5,000+ posts]

hey i fried sum L7's because my amp was sending out DC current because my ground wire kept coming out of my amp. DC power to subs are not good.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

you blew out teh fets

 

[theCybe 5,000+ posts]

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DC Current

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[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

Did no one else notice that he had the volume cranked full-bore? (52 out of 52?!?)

I would have to assume that the signal was overdriven to clipping...I'm surprised the amp went rather than the subs but no head unit I've ever dealt with outputs a clean signal at full volume...

Just my $0.02.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

Did no one else notice that he had the volume cranked full-bore? (52 out of 52?!?)
I would have to assume that the signal was overdriven to clipping...I'm surprised the amp went rather than the subs but no head unit I've ever dealt with outputs a clean signal at full volume...

Just my $0.02.

IIRC, Pioneer's go up to volume 62. Eclipse uses non-clipping preouts at full volume, except the subout. If you crank it up to max, 16. Then it clips @ volume 74/80. To get it to not clip on full volume. crank it to volume 11/16.

 

[Neostar63 10+ year member]

the way you listen to your music is bad for your speakers then. Prowler is right, your shitty headunit was clipping the hell out of your system. You should never have to crank the volume that high to get the levels you want.