Carvin BRX 10.2 neo just died.

[B-string]

No cab maker is going to cover you simultaneously blowing out ALL the drivers with a hugearse amp LOL.

Well I did say:" that might cover all possibilities". You at least stand a better chance of a "good will" gesture from the people that make them since they have way more parts on hand than an end user.

 

[two fingers]

We tested them at my house through my DCML 2000 sounded fine.

Seems like the buyer screwed up somewhere.

 

[okcrum]

Are you sure the buyer has a 2 ohm capable head? Has he tried the cabs one at a time?

 

[David Jayne]

It is 2 ohm capable and can put out more than 2k watts into 2 ohms.

 

[buldog5151bass]

For what are those cabs rated? I can't believe it is nearly that high.

 

[RoadRanger]

For what are those cabs rated? I can't believe it is nearly that high.

600w each - and I'd not put that much into mine .

 

[buldog5151bass]

OP - sounds like he fried them on his own.

 

[Dan Bass]

Any suggestions as to what would cause twe cabs to suddenly just cut out? Set up is Carvin B2000 into two 4ohm Brx 10.2 neo cabs. Would there be a fuse inside.

Carvin makes a combo amp that has the BX500 watt head going into the 2x10" woofers and a tweeter, its a combo amp that's 300watts RMS at 8ohm. Now if you add an extension cab its 500watts total going into 2 speaker cabs, the 2x10's and what ever cab you add. So they make it so the 2x10" speakers only handle 300watts max, then adding an extra speaker cab you get the full 500watts going into the 2x10's and another 2x10" extension cab for example, which is pretty good. IMO I would not plug a B2000 watt head rated 2,050 watts max into just the 2x10" cab by itself to use, thats too much, because your going to want to turn it up as loud as it can go to see how much the poor little 2x10" can handle, then pop, nothing. It just can't handle that much, if you were to have put both 2x10" cabs into the B2000 that would have been safer. I still have an older Carvin Pro Bass 150watt combo amp and it comes with the 200watt single 10" woofer and I blew that years ago just cranking it up all by itself. So I threw out the 10" speaker and mounted a Carvin 600watt 15" woofer in there instead, now its just a pretty decent little 150watt combo amp with a 600watt 15" woofer, to take around places just to fart around with, that's it.

 

[obimark]

As stated- that is way too much power for those cabinets.

Personally I wouldn't run much more than 1/2 the maximum power of the cabinets. Even with that if you are running a hot bass and/or hit your bass strings hard, you could blow your cabs easily.

I used to blow out combo amps every 6 months before I got my technique under control.

 

[Bob Coldwell]

Cables? Like the first cable in the daisy chain

Yes! Is he daisy-chaining the cabs? If so, check cable and connections from the amp to the first cab.

 

[spectorfreak]

That's a mono head too, one power section capable of 2000+ at 2 ohms, you wouldn't have to stretch it's legs too far to make some magic smoke.

 

[npbassman]

Sound to me like that head smoked both cabs at once. I'd break out the multimeter to test the speakers. You can also pull one or both of them from the cab to check for physical damage.

 

[Bob Coldwell]

Sound to me like that head smoked both cabs at once.

Is that really likely?? OP is reporting what the guy he sold it to has said. There is a lot that we don't know. I would first go back to switching cords, testing the head, wiggling cables, etc.

Yes, that head CAN overpower those cabinets. It can also work just fine when used sensibly. Again, we don't know how the user operated it.

OP, you need to ask the buyer more questions and/or troubleshoot it yourself.

 

[RoadRanger]

OP, you need to ask the buyer more questions and/or troubleshoot it yourself.

OP needs to say "tough cookies" IMO. No doubt in my mind that the buyer smoked 'em...

 

[Andy_Madison]

I've been using the same 2000W head to power my Walkman headphones.

 

[BassmanPaul]

I've been using the same 2000W head to power my Walkman headphones.

In this case it's the eardrums that get blown.

 

[BassmanPaul]

All sales are final. The OP is not responsible for damage caused by the new owner.

 

[Chef]

I've been using them for years through my carvin DCML 2000 power amp , sounded great, and thats how the buyer tested them out at my house , could he have simultaneously blown all 4 speakers ? Wouldn't they make some kind of sound ?

If he played them at your place, and they were fine when they left, it sounds very much like he overpowered them and blew them.
Totally feasible.

 

[Bob Coldwell]

Well, I do agree that it's not the OP's problem. He says he AND the buyer tried the gear out at home before the sale, right?

But he seems curious as to what the problem is, exactly.

 

[steelbed45]

All sales are final. The OP is not responsible for damage caused by the new owner.

Exactly - what would have been the point of testing prior to the sale? My guess would be to validate operability in lieu of a warranty, but that's just me.