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I have a 5 channel amp - not mentioning the brand at this stage. It has blown twice the 2.5 years I have owned it, and needed to be sent back to the factory twice - and it has taken quite a long time, each time. Service at the manufacturer wanted to know my specific set up - I am using the speaker cable that my dealer recommended, and installed, but the manufacturer "strongly suspects" that my cable choice, and possibly length of cable, is causing the amp to oscillate and then blow. The cable length isn't dramatic, by the way.
Thoughts appreciated.
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Topic - Can choice of cables cause an amp to blow? - TGR 11:55:28 10/12/16 (71)
- RE: Can choice of cables cause an amp to blow? - psn 00:32:12 10/31/16 (0)
- RE: Can choice of cables cause an amp to blow? - gordguide 11:47:52 10/26/16 (0)
- RE: Can choice of cables cause an amp to blow? - Inmate51 14:02:10 10/14/16 (0)
- RE: Can choice of cables cause an amp to blow? - genungo 16:47:16 10/13/16 (0)
- RE: Can choice of cables cause an amp to blow? - SgreenP@MSN.com 16:01:29 10/13/16 (0)
- More on this - TGR 10:28:03 10/13/16 (9)
- RE: More on this - PAR 14:28:55 10/13/16 (0)
- What cables does the manufacturer recommend? - hawkmoon 13:50:54 10/13/16 (0)
- RE: More on this - BCR 12:45:33 10/13/16 (6)
- HaHa - but I have two systems - TGR 15:57:56 10/13/16 (5)
- RE: HaHa - but I have two systems - BCR 17:16:51 10/13/16 (4)
- RE: HaHa - but I have two systems - airtime 08:16:28 10/14/16 (3)
- RE: HaHa - but I have two systems - BCR 11:21:30 10/14/16 (2)
- RE: HaHa - but I have two systems - Crazy Dave 08:07:50 10/19/16 (1)
- RE: HaHa - but I have two systems - BCR 08:48:17 10/19/16 (0)
- This is how I wired my HT setup - airtime 08:07:52 10/13/16 (0)
- Yes... - PAR 00:36:29 10/13/16 (36)
- Note to self... - AbeCollins 16:46:28 10/13/16 (17)
- RE: Note to self... - morricab 09:00:31 10/17/16 (0)
- Not poor design, the cable is designed to be part of the network on the output stage - Dave_K 06:59:07 10/14/16 (15)
- RE: Not poor design, the cable is designed to be part of the network on the output stage - hahax@verizon.net 10:15:28 10/15/16 (5)
- RE: Not poor design -- But New Design Then (So You R Younger than I!) (nt) - goldenthal 16:49:30 10/15/16 (0)
- RE: Not poor design, the cable is designed to be part of the network on the output stage - AbeCollins 10:52:44 10/15/16 (3)
- RE: Not poor design, the cable is designed to be part of the network on the output stage - gordguide 06:08:25 11/11/16 (0)
- RE: Not poor design -- Did Any Such Hi-cap Speaker-wire exist before Cobra? (nt) - goldenthal 16:52:48 10/15/16 (1)
- RE: Not poor design -- Sorry, These were meant for Lower re Cobra (nt) - goldenthal 13:59:41 10/19/16 (0)
- "designed to be part of the network" sounds like crappola - airtime 08:39:39 10/14/16 (8)
- Not crappola if you folow the engineering principles - Dave_K 09:19:04 10/14/16 (7)
- Naim speaker cables... - kuma 21:15:57 10/15/16 (0)
- Crappola if you adhere to the philosophical principle... - AbeCollins 10:28:16 10/14/16 (5)
- Don't give a crap about philosophy, just engineering - Dave_K 11:58:12 10/14/16 (4)
- That's the problem with many engineers... - AbeCollins 14:01:30 10/14/16 (0)
- No Dave you're wrong - airtime 13:00:06 10/14/16 (2)
- You have it backwards - Dave_K 13:36:46 10/14/16 (1)
- Reminder to self... - AbeCollins 14:09:41 10/14/16 (0)
- RE: Yes... - Ralph 09:43:37 10/13/16 (5)
- RE: Yes... Good Example Was Threshold 400A Which Just Shut Down (nt) - goldenthal 16:35:55 10/15/16 (2)
- RE: Yes... Good Example Was Threshold 400A Which Just Shut Down (nt) - Crazy Dave 07:48:36 10/19/16 (1)
- RE: Yes... Good Example Was Threshold 400A Which Just Shut Down (nt) - goldenthal 13:52:53 10/19/16 (0)
- RE: Yes... - BCR 10:02:57 10/13/16 (1)
- RE: Yes... Worked OK with My Mc 275 though, but Didn't Sound Better (nt) - goldenthal 16:39:07 10/15/16 (0)
- RE: Yes... - Mick Wolfe 08:46:02 10/13/16 (0)
- Yur kidding me - right ! - airtime 07:57:14 10/13/16 (10)
- RE: Yur kidding me - right! -- Tell Nelson Pass (See Above) (nt) - goldenthal 16:42:09 10/15/16 (2)
- I think you missed the point - airtime 08:09:59 10/16/16 (1)
- I don't think [I] missed the point -- It is always possible . . . - goldenthal 12:11:03 10/16/16 (0)
- Over the years a small number of amp designs have had the same sort of issue. stable only if.... - Smelly_Socks 08:19:57 10/13/16 (6)
- RE: Over the years a small number of amp designs have had the same sort of issue. stable only if.... - airtime 08:45:16 10/13/16 (5)
- RE: Over the years -- That Wire Design (Capacitance-Be-Damned) Was New & Unepected by Amp Mfrs (nt) - goldenthal 16:46:16 10/15/16 (0)
- RE: Over the years a small number of amp designs have had the same sort of issue. stable only if.... - pictureguy 00:08:53 10/14/16 (3)
- RE: Over the years a small number of amp designs have had the same sort of issue. stable only if.... - AbeCollins 06:48:16 10/14/16 (2)
- RE: Over the years a small number of amp designs have had the same sort of issue. stable only if.... - pictureguy 22:56:29 11/24/16 (0)
- What are you reading my mind - airtime 08:08:55 10/14/16 (0)
- Not likely unless... - AbeCollins 22:29:51 10/12/16 (3)
- RE: Not likely unless... - airtime 07:51:30 10/13/16 (1)
- RE: Not likely unless... - AbeCollins 16:41:48 10/13/16 (0)
- RE: Not likely unless... - fantja 23:08:04 10/12/16 (0)
- RE: Can choice of cables cause an amp to blow? - hahax@verizon.net 20:34:30 10/12/16 (1)
- Yep. - Jim Treanor 14:19:45 10/13/16 (0)
- Instabilities induced by cables - FenderLover 18:59:12 10/12/16 (0)
- ask the folks at Spectral - Curious 17:58:06 10/12/16 (0)
- Audio Research - djk 15:51:29 10/12/16 (0)
- Yes, if they're shorted! :-) /nt\ - John Elison 14:32:01 10/12/16 (2)
- RE: Yes, if they're shorted! :-) /nt\ - Frihed89 00:11:55 10/13/16 (1)
- RE: Yes, if they're shorted! :-) - John Elison 07:20:22 10/13/16 (0)
- Yes - E-Stat 12:25:03 10/12/16 (5)
- RE: "Ideally, do you know the LCR metrics?" - goldenthal 14:12:57 10/19/16 (0)
- LCR - Prisoners 13:53:27 10/12/16 (3)
- RE: LCR - TGR 13:56:29 10/12/16 (2)
- I had some Audioquest cables that were problematic. - Prisoners 16:04:52 10/12/16 (0)
- Yes - E-Stat 14:59:45 10/12/16 (0)