Hi all! My first post.
I picked up a Boston Acoustic PV600 sub and a Yamaha RX-V595a receiver at the local Goodwill a week ago. Long story short the sub was working beautifully but would stop working intermittently. I thought it might be a problem with the amp but when hooked to a friends Denon I had the same problem. Short of the long is the plate amp is bad, it smoked when trying to figure out the problem. The driver seems to be fine as it doesn't make any scraping sounds when moving it manually and was working beautifully prior to the meltdown.
My question is this....and please bear with me as it's been a LONG time since I have played around with any AV stuff....should I send the plate amp off to BA and get it fixed? Or, should I install a new (cheaper, I'm poor right now) plate amp.
I'm so far out of the loop right now I really have no clue as to the best route to take. The sub cost me $8.99 and the amp was $12.99....gotta love Goodwill in Naples Fl. Any advice would be appreciated as the sub when it was working totally transformed my system....I got a taste and liked it, I'm just really hurting financially right now.
As a side note, my buddy let me keep his Denon, the $12.99 Yamaha RX-V595a works great with no problem....could I use either to power the sub? The Denon is only set up to run 6-8 ohm ....the Yamaha can be set to run the mains at 4 ohm.....
Thank in advance for your help...
Lowsidr
I picked up a Boston Acoustic PV600 sub and a Yamaha RX-V595a receiver at the local Goodwill a week ago. Long story short the sub was working beautifully but would stop working intermittently. I thought it might be a problem with the amp but when hooked to a friends Denon I had the same problem. Short of the long is the plate amp is bad, it smoked when trying to figure out the problem. The driver seems to be fine as it doesn't make any scraping sounds when moving it manually and was working beautifully prior to the meltdown.
My question is this....and please bear with me as it's been a LONG time since I have played around with any AV stuff....should I send the plate amp off to BA and get it fixed? Or, should I install a new (cheaper, I'm poor right now) plate amp.
I'm so far out of the loop right now I really have no clue as to the best route to take. The sub cost me $8.99 and the amp was $12.99....gotta love Goodwill in Naples Fl. Any advice would be appreciated as the sub when it was working totally transformed my system....I got a taste and liked it, I'm just really hurting financially right now.
As a side note, my buddy let me keep his Denon, the $12.99 Yamaha RX-V595a works great with no problem....could I use either to power the sub? The Denon is only set up to run 6-8 ohm ....the Yamaha can be set to run the mains at 4 ohm.....
Thank in advance for your help...
Lowsidr