Re: 05/17/08 Mobile DJ Gig part 1 - Busted QSC amp

It's now 4 months later and I finally got around to opening this old baby up to see what I can see.

Here's what I noticed:

The right side still seems to work. Left side, not so good. There's a bunch of blown fuses (replaceable) and a blown blue thingy (not sure what they are).

Is this thing worth getting fixed? I've already replaced it with a new Crown amp and still have the older Gem Sound amp as a backup. So, I don't completely need it. So, what do you think?

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• QSC
• MX1500a
• amp
• busted
• broken
• blown
• smoke
• on
• fire

[IamDJ556]

you were silly to give it away these are still work horse amps they are cheaper to fix than replace

[FunkyRob]

@IamDJ556 I know, but the replacement Crown amp I got was much lighter to carry around.

[FunkyRob]

Well, I gave this amp away today for free via craigslist.

I did find out that on qscstore(dot)com you can buy parts for pretty cheap. I would need to buy the service manual for $15 to figure out the part# I'd need. Not a big deal, but my soldering skills are aweful.

Besides this is my 3rd amp and I don't really need it.

It's amazing, you can place an add on craigslist that you're giving something broken away for free and they will still call.

[P1001AT2]

the blue thing are called capacitors and you actually blu it

[VeryTucker]

Coments are a year old but, yes it was a blown capacitor. The caps are used to smooth out the voltage, when the amp makes a sudden demand that requires alot of power the caps hold the energy (in a nutshell)

[ljmike1204]

i think its a capecitor like it stores energy and YOU FUCKING MADE IT EXPLODE niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[edwarddizon12]

those blue things are

ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR

i can fix your amplifier, just give me a call..

[0verload]

damn. if it was just the one cap and the fuses, and you did the work yourself it wouldn't have costed you much at all to fix that. those are kick ass amps. I have one. it used to push a pair of 18 inch JBL bass bins. now i just use it for 15 inch mains and it still does an amazing job

[MrNightro]

Forgot to mention that QSC sells the entire replacement boards for each channel but you've already sold this amp so it doesn't matter anyway.

[MrNightro]

As been stated those are caps, too bad you gave it away already since they are great amps & well worth the effort to fix.