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Amp won't work. Fix or replace?
It's a 15-year-old Biamp Advantage CPA 650. I turned it on today and it isn't working. Nothing in the PA system has changed, nothing moved. It just sits in the church. Has been working fine until now. All other gear is new, and the componants are well-matched, including a Furman PL-8 which should protect the amp. The fuse is not blown.
The amp was powering one Bose Panaray speaker. I have the correct Bose controller, and everything is wired correctly. Like I said, it was working perfectly before today.
Should I buy a new amp?
Thanks, Daniel K. Well, I continued troubleshooting and discovered it's not the amp. The whole system works with an alternate speaker, so it's either the speaker wire or the Bose Panaray, which is also 15 years old, but was just mounted and wired a few months ago. I don't know what could go wrong with a passive speaker that it is just dead silent one day.
Joe - Biamp makes very good, commercial grade PA equipment but nothing lasts forever. 15 years is about right for a failure. I personally would have the church buy a new power amp. You need one that puts out around 200 watts or more into 8 ohms per channel (that is the rating on the Biamp).
One good thing...power amps have come way down in price. Here are some options:
http://www.amazon.com/Crown-XLS1000-Amplifier-integrated-Crossover/dp/B003HZPKSM/ref=sr_1_14?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1299794470&sr=1-14
http://www.amazon.com/QSC-GX3-Stereo-Power-Amplifier/dp/B0018D63KO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=musical-instruments&qid=1299794523&sr=1-1