Hartke TX600 amp failure.. why?

[Fishheadjoe]

Sorry for your experience OP! i am curious as to why you decided to move on from the LH 500 to this amp? Features, power....?
Fishheadjoe

 

[BassmanPaul]

OP, I hope you get your amp or a replacement back soon.

Just as a recommendation I think you should ditch your 1/4” speaker cables and go exclusively with SpeakOns. They are very much better than Phone plugs for speaker cables. As amplifier power goes up the connectors go past their safe operating conditions. 2-300W is all they’ll safely take. I did this quite a few years ago, even for my PA and Monitor cabinets.

 

[tgriley62]

OP, I hope you get your amp or a replacement back soon.

Just as a recommendation I think you should ditch your 1/4” speaker cables and go exclusively with SpeakOns. They are very much better than Phone plugs for speaker cables. As amplifier power goes up the connectors go past their safe operating conditions. 2-300W is all they’ll safely take. I did this quite a few years ago, even for my PA and Monitor cabinets.

I agree. But, in my case I have the Hartke LH500, which I love & it only has 1/4" jacks. Wish every amp gave you the 1/4" & SpeakOn option

 

[dbase]

The music store said they are sending out another new amp

 

[BassmanPaul]

The music store said they are sending out another new amp

YEEAAA!

 

[Gluvhand]

The music store said they are sending out another new amp

Cool. Best of luck and enjoy.

 

[ric4682]

The music store said they are sending out another new amp

Great! Hope you have better luck with this one.

 

[dbase]

Sorry for your experience OP! i am curious as to why you decided to move on from the LH 500 to this amp? Features, power....?
Fishheadjoe

I love the LH500 but it weighs 42 lbs, the TX600 weighs 7 lbs. That's the only reason.

 

[dbase]

I agree. But, in my case I have the Hartke LH500, which I love & it only has 1/4" jacks. Wish every amp gave you the 1/4" & SpeakOn option

I was thinking of a adding speakon to the amp but there was no room.

 

[Fishheadjoe]

I love the LH500 but it weighs 42 lbs, the TX600 weighs 7 lbs. That's the only reason.

Less than half of what my amp weights!!!! LOL
Fishheadjoe

 

[soong]

Thats supposed to be a 600watt amp and you need the master up that high to be heard?

Yes. That's what some TX600 users are trying to work out.

 

[tgriley62]

I was thinking of a adding speakon to the amp but there was no room.

Wish you luck. I really dig the LH500 except for the weight & was thinking of upgrading to the TX600 . I still am a Hartke fan & hope they get this worked out

 

[alaskaleftybass]

Hope you like it... request please. When you get it if you like it, a review? I've kind of looked at it but was scared off by the initial rollout issues. Hartke are good people and I'm sure they'll work it out...

 

[ric4682]

Did the OP get the replacement amp yet? I'm still curious about this head.