Phoenix Gold EQ230 modified?

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sussexjohn
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Phoenix Gold EQ230 modified?

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Hi i bought this way back in 2002 from a car audio shop i always used and spent loads with, it was from their demo car, paid around £600.00 for it back then,and come with the TBA1 and balanced cable as well, it has never been powered up since i had it just left wrapped in bubble and in a box

my question is any ideas what the mod could be for?

i did contact them to see if they can remember but as you can imagine 13yr ago is a log time.

the plugs are all phoenix gold and the holes are drilled with gromets so all done properly

also what are the value of these nowdays as im never going to use it as not doing a SQ build
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Re: Phoenix Gold EQ230 modified?

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I have never seen that nor do I think pg did it. I can't figure out why someone would need to
as for price one just sold last week on the forum for $80us just for the eq230 the tba is another 40
the price on the eq are normally 100-200
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sussexjohn
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Re: Phoenix Gold EQ230 modified?

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i do have the remote and cable for the bass cube, there just not in the pic , need to find the power connector for the bass cube though, watched one sell on the uk ebay for £75.00 just for the bass cube
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Re: Phoenix Gold EQ230 modified?

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The extra wired female RCA's are perhaps and extra output (don't know if its bypass or tied to the eq's output RCAs). It should fetch anywhere from 100-200 and the TBA 40, the BassCube with remote should get you 125 for it (perhaps more if you're willing to wait for the right buyer).
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Re: Phoenix Gold EQ230 modified?

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thanks Ricky,

if i was to remove the case cover and take a pic would it help at all ? i dont have an install at the moment so cant even test it
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Yep...it should show if its tied in to the input or the EQ's output.
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Re: Phoenix Gold EQ230 modified?

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so from what i can see its to replace the output phonos,

and i spoke to the shop today wherei got it from 13yr ago who said this

We guess from memory it was to over come a RCA issue on the PCB


so looks about right so will this effect the price much?
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Re: Phoenix Gold EQ230 modified?

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makes no sense to me why they did it unless the regular outputs went bad and they didn't have a spare and needed to fix it fast.
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Re: Phoenix Gold EQ230 modified?

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to overcome a PCB issue they said, so YES i would assume there was an issue with the onboard outputs
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Re: Phoenix Gold EQ230 modified?

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If that mod was to overcome bad outputs they most likely would have just added jumpers to new rca jacks I think. That makes me think the dangly set is a spliced in, extra set of outputs. The thing I dont understand is if they were trying to avoid using Y splitters, why make the extra set hang way off the front like that?

Personally, I think the mod hurts the value.

One thing that intrigues me is the fact it is a 230 with the later squiggly logo. Every 230 I have seen is in the earlier blue and gold color scheme. Like the TBA there.

I have an EQ230 in blue and gold, but it has the later square ZPA style balanced input/output. It is silkscreened as the round plug though so it is modded as well i guess. It too came directly from a local shop and in fact still had their label on it from their soundboard.

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