My Jensen 500 watt amp blew a while back... and i'm not sure why. maybe its just age, and that its quite a few years old... but it just randomly happened one day, and never gave it any thought...

anyone have ideas??

NICK

 

I have a though, its blown

 

u sure it was your amp? do u have power? did u check fuses on the amp, and fuses on the power wire?

 

Cant you get them rebuilt?

If not I got a good one for cheap

 

i checked all fuses... and all wiring... nothing.

it made a sound that sounded like a heartbeat when car was on and nothing was playing...

 

It can probably be repaired for much cheaper than buying a new one. Call a local electronics repair place and they can more than likely fix it. Amps are still just a bunch of electronic circuits. Try to find out why it blew in the first place before hooking it back up though. If it was a short like a crossed wire or something it will just blow it again. They usually don't just "wear out".

Not to dis or anything but this may be a good time to upgrade to something a little higher quality though...

 

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exactly what i was thinking

 

Jensen isn't good quality for amps??

 

Well...let's just say they are on the low end of the amp ladder...

 

That's putting it very nicely...I would just say their products suck.

 

jensen, I wouldn't even bother wasting my time to find a place to get it rebuilt. Def. cheaper to buy another one

 

so whats a good amp that i could buy for cheap... and at about 500W to power my 12" MA Audio...

 

hrm, cheap... buy another jensen or really cheap....legacy I have always bought audiobahn but they are def. not cheap

 

will Legacy poop out on me like this one did after a while??

NICK

 

check evertything, connections, fuses, smell anything? somethings blown..

 

boss amps aren't bad, I had a couple of them and haven't blown them. They aren't too expensive either http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...18796 for a 500 watt one not too bad, just look on ebay for boss amps, all amps will blow if you push them to the max. However, i have a 2400 watt audiobahn amp pushing 4 alpine type r's and I have beaten the **** outta the system and all i do is blow fuses

 

Ive got one for sale, never trusted jensen