Sam, I still watch all your videos and I'm liking your new stream of amp fixin's videos! So fresh and good to watch! Hopefully they're easy and quick enough to cut together so they don't soak up all your spare time, I know how that is. Thank you so much for your contribution to humanity's overall knowledgebase, it is SO MUCH appreciated by those of us in similar niche industries and hobbyisms. You're irreplaceable. Remember that.
I got a rf power 650 that would put your skills to the test 😁. It needs repaired. Been meaning to have it fixed for a while, every time I pull it out to work on it.. I just slowly put it back in the closet lmao
I run all Genesis amps for mids and highs - I noticed you are running a Genesis Profile when you toured your vehicle.. very nice class A/B designs. The amp doctor does great work, he is like the A/B Guru and Barevids is the class D guy. LOL
Seen a young fella last night fixing some Xbox ones and using flux and a solder torch to get chips to center themselves on the board after misplacing them with tweezers and the iron. It was absolute genius to see. When the flux and solder melted under the hot air everything self centered into the perfect position.
150V?! That's getting up into tube/valve amp territory. I thought modern solid state amps were like max 50V. Well now I learned to be careful poking around in amps, even modern ones as they can still shock you.
Another HD amp. Same one I had. Those HD amps are something else. From how it looks, the heavy traces which pass the rail voltages are in the layers, and the controls (drivers, SMD capacitors, and resistors) are all external surface mounted by design. Good idea, but repair wise, not a good idea. Looks like another user error, or installer error. Either overheated, or clipped heavily (or ran low ohm and voltage at the same time).
Odd that the board didn’t go up in smoke, must be a weak via. I have 3 JL 1000/1’s here that turned themselves into welders, it’s really impressive to see lol.
broken inter layer traces usually show up as a subtle splurge out vias near the trace. Make no mistake there a straight nightmare. given your knowlege of the topology of the amp, id just run a bridge wire. annd now at
Sam, I still watch all your videos and I'm liking your new stream of amp fixin's videos! So fresh and good to watch! Hopefully they're easy and quick enough to cut together so they don't soak up all your spare time, I know how that is. Thank you so much for your contribution to humanity's overall knowledgebase, it is SO MUCH appreciated by those of us in similar niche industries and hobbyisms. You're irreplaceable. Remember that.
Yes, without a doubt, Gordon the Amp Doctor is a LEGEND even all the way over here in the US!
I got a rf power 650 that would put your skills to the test 😁. It needs repaired. Been meaning to have it fixed for a while, every time I pull it out to work on it.. I just slowly put it back in the closet lmao
I run all Genesis amps for mids and highs - I noticed you are running a Genesis Profile when you toured your vehicle.. very nice class A/B designs. The amp doctor does great work, he is like the A/B Guru and Barevids is the class D guy. LOL
Seen a young fella last night fixing some Xbox ones and using flux and a solder torch to get chips to center themselves on the board after misplacing them with tweezers and the iron. It was absolute genius to see. When the flux and solder melted under the hot air everything self centered into the perfect position.
Very impressive find. Great work Sam
Awesome vid Sam!
150V?! That's getting up into tube/valve amp territory. I thought modern solid state amps were like max 50V. Well now I learned to be careful poking around in amps, even modern ones as they can still shock you.
awesome great find and great vid as always
thanks for removing the cap so we could see. was curious!
Another HD amp. Same one I had. Those HD amps are something else. From how it looks, the heavy traces which pass the rail voltages are in the layers, and the controls (drivers, SMD capacitors, and resistors) are all external surface mounted by design. Good idea, but repair wise, not a good idea. Looks like another user error, or installer error. Either overheated, or clipped heavily (or ran low ohm and voltage at the same time).
Odd that the board didn’t go up in smoke, must be a weak via. I have 3 JL 1000/1’s here that turned themselves into welders, it’s really impressive to see lol.
One of the last amp brands I woulda guessed.
Side note: the output choke is wound that way for a reason, but you'll only ever see it under load.
broken inter layer traces usually show up as a subtle splurge out vias near the trace. Make no mistake there a straight nightmare. given your knowlege of the topology of the amp, id just run a bridge wire. annd now at
For you to don't be worried all the time for blowing use some 12 v bulb light in series with amp .
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I have a JBL GTO14001 that’s need repair. One MOSFET is crispy. I can’t find anyone to repair in the states. Any recommendations?
Try 3d printing a mount for an old phone camera to put on the ass end of the soldering iron
Just curious, what are the specs of your daily computer ?