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Metro Meltdown? Serious problem

soundoholic

soundoholic

Jan 22, 2003
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Rapid City, SD
www.juddhoos.com
#1
Okay. I'm about to sell my Eden Metro for some money. I found a buyer and everything. About four hours ago I was checking everything out and found a major problem.

After about 3-5 minutes of playing the amp stops making sound! If I leave I turn it off for about half an hour I can turn it back on and use it for another five minutes. Even if I just use headphones this happens. I noticed that the fan never kicked on. Is it the fans fault or what???? This has never happened before. I checked everything out many times. I even plugged the amp into a power conditioner. The amp does not get hot. I am really really scared. Does anbody have any ideas on what could be wrong?
I will likely have it looked at by a tech.
 
#2
I discovered some new things this morning.

It takes exactly 5 minutes for the amp to stop making noise. Note that the amp still remains on, or atleast the lights do.

AFter the five minutes, if I turn the gain and master volumes up all the way I can hear my bass fantly.

The replacement bulb on the cabinet needs being replaced. This should have no effect on anything if I understand correctly.

I'm going to call my sound buddy, but this seems to be a big problem. Anybody have a clue??
 
#6
It's difficult to diagnose what the problem is but here's a suggestion.

U.S. Music who now owns Eden is still offering extended warranties for $100 bucks. Go online or call them and buy the warranty. Then send it in to them for repair. You'll come out way ahead on price if you just send it in for service and you'l get the problem resovled plus they'll check everything else out and bring it up to current specs.
 
#7
wow, that's odd...sounds like the preamp tube to me. well, i can help with one thing. the bulb that needs to be replaced can be had for about a dollar from your local auto parts store. it's actually a slo-blo fuse used in automobile dome lights. verify the part number, of course...
 

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