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Old Sep 15, 2013 | 04:58 PM
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Integral amp blowed up

Ok, it's not Integral's amp, it's an Arc Audio ks125.2, but it's now dead. It blows the main 30A fuse, (on the amp, not the battery). Owned it less than two years, needless to say, I'm not impressed. I'll be replacing that pos with a JL Audio XD300.1 mono amp. I just never thought that bridging a 2 channel amp to mono was a good idea....

I sent emails and or contact info to both Kevin at Integral, and to arc audio, but haven't heard from them yet. Maybe this week. Either way I'm not getting another arc audio amp.
 

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Old Sep 15, 2013 | 07:09 PM
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You probably have an output resistor that has shorted in the amp.. Do you run the amp hard?
 
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Old Sep 15, 2013 | 07:29 PM
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Not very.less than 1/2 way on the controller.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2013 | 05:37 AM
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Richard,


Sorry to hear you are having trouble. I've already responded to your support request, check your email. You are more than a year outside of warranty coverage, but let me see what I can do to get you fixed up regardless.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2013 | 06:23 AM
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Thanks for the reply Kevin,

I am in no, repeat, NO way am saying anything bad about you, or Integral Audio, or the system you designed and built. Let's be VERY clear here. It's sounds great. My issue is with MY AMP. I just had to vent a little. I sent you an Email too...

This system is by far the best looking and most complete sub system you can get. It's made with quality products, (except for MY AMP...lol) I'm also the guy that usually gets ignored in the nice restaurants, so yea, it usually happens to me....lol
 
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Old Sep 20, 2013 | 07:35 AM
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In all fairness, JL amps are not the holy grail and have failures just like other mfg's. When your MINI has a failure is it no longer considered a quality product?
 
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