Hey all, I have an old m-65 thats been serving me well for a few years until last night. First time I used it for subwoofer duty, I had it running a single 4 ohm driver at around 200 watts on the meter for about 3 hours (pretty close to full tilt really, but it could do more). It was getting a little warm but not as hot as i have seen it get. I figured driving just one speaker on one channel it should be okay to handle it until I found a sub amp... I was wrong.
Anyhow, at some point it completely shut down, no smoke, no pop, no visibly damaged parts, didn't even go into protection first. Now it wont even power on, light up, anything. As if it has no power supply.
My question is, does this amp have a fuse anywhere in it or is this thing cooked? First time I blew an analog amp and didn't see any parts visibly fail... normally an overheated class a/b will go up in smoke in my experience.
I have been using this amp daily and consistently hard use on the weekends as my main amp for the past two years, so its not like i blew the dust off this thing and then put to work, I know the amps limits (or thought so lol).
Any input is appreciated!
Anyhow, at some point it completely shut down, no smoke, no pop, no visibly damaged parts, didn't even go into protection first. Now it wont even power on, light up, anything. As if it has no power supply.
My question is, does this amp have a fuse anywhere in it or is this thing cooked? First time I blew an analog amp and didn't see any parts visibly fail... normally an overheated class a/b will go up in smoke in my experience.
I have been using this amp daily and consistently hard use on the weekends as my main amp for the past two years, so its not like i blew the dust off this thing and then put to work, I know the amps limits (or thought so lol).
Any input is appreciated!
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