Arghh! Channel Out

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Topic: Arghh! Channel Out

Posted By: DYohn
Subject: Arghh! Channel Out
Date Posted: June 03, 2006 at 1:48 PM

I just had to vent. One channel of my McIntosh MCC204 amplifier just went out. Driving home from the store and lost left front channel. Checked out the system and it's my beloved (and expensive) amplifier. Dammit. Swapped in another amp I had laying around and it's good for now, but simply not the same. Crap. Time to call McIntosh repair and see how much THIS is going to cost me to fix. I am wized.

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Posted By: jeffchilcott
Date Posted: June 03, 2006 at 1:50 PM

I know a repair compan out of AZ that has done a good job on some of our expensive amps, if MC wants too much let me know and I will put you throught to them

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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: June 03, 2006 at 1:56 PM

Thanks Jeff. Yea I may want that name just for comparison if you want to PM me. McIntosh has no one to answer the phone until Monday anyway. Damn.

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Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: June 03, 2006 at 3:31 PM

Now that sucks blue whale. David, if you need an exuse for a roadtrip when you get your amp back from service (bring workclothes posted_image

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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: June 03, 2006 at 6:09 PM

It sucks more than that, Rob. The amp is only five years old... I'll be happy to take a road trip to the great white north one day and sure I'll bring my work clothes. What, you need a few lessons? posted_image

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Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: June 03, 2006 at 9:06 PM

Rob's still trying to digest what Jeff taught him. It'll take a couple of years ;)

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Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: June 03, 2006 at 9:11 PM

More than a couple of years, my reading glasses (not) are broken.

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Posted By: Steven Kephart
Date Posted: June 04, 2006 at 2:10 AM

Sorry to hear that. Also try e-mailing Dan Wiggins about the problem. He has people on his staff that could probably fix the amp, or knows trustworthy people that could do the work for you.

Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: June 18, 2006 at 9:47 AM

UPDATE. Got a call yesterday from a repair shop. They found the only thing wrong with my amp is the crossover circuit board had vibrated loose from the mother board in the amp. They re-seated it and locked it down and everything works perfectly. In fact, they bench tested the amp and it exceeds factory specs. This is only costing me $40 for the time and test, and they will send me a test results certificate. (FYI, the amp is full class A rated at 10Hz-40KHz, 50 WPC at 4-ohms with 0.01% THD. They said it was testing at 62 WPC with less than 0.005% THD. Cool.)

My faith in McIntosh is restored. posted_image

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Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: June 18, 2006 at 10:15 AM

sweeeet...

Glad to hear it didn't cost an arm and a leg, and you'll be back on the road with proper tunes in NO time!

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Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: June 19, 2006 at 8:54 PM

More props to McIntosh.

What I find most sweet about this story is that you yourself could have found and fixed the problem...but instead put the onus on McIntosh to come through on warranty. And they did.

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