South Florida Repair

jrobinson · Post by **jrobinson** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:54 am

Does anyone know a repair shop in the Ft Lauderdale area that could do some cap replacement / tuneup work on my M44 and MS2250?

Post by **stipud** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:39 am

Send it to PG? They have some very fair rates.

http://www.rodinaudio.com/pgMobile/warranty.php

jrobinson · Post by **jrobinson** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 1:42 pm

If anyone has gone through the process of shipping amps back to PG for repair, how long does it take them to do a cap replacement?

jrobinson · Post by **jrobinson** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:09 pm

I was filling out the PG RMA form and i noticed the my M44 is serial number M440002. Does this mean it was the second unit made, ever ?

Also, on the MS2250, is the serial number the sticker in the corner that reads 220702?

jrobinson · Post by **jrobinson** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:29 pm

Some pictures of my gear

theburb · Post by **theburb** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:48 pm

send it to chris at pyramid audio for your tune ups....forget pg its not worth it...you can mod your 2250 while he is at it.

1moreamp · Post by **1moreamp** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:33 pm

I may be setting up my bench very shortly, I will know more tomorrow after i talk to some friends that have offered to help while the real shop gets finished.
You can PM me if you like, i will know by tomorrow if its a go or not....C

jrobinson · Post by **jrobinson** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:28 am

All contacts are appreaciated. Im kinda in a hurry to get this system installed. I just got a new slew of alpine gear for xmas and since i havent been in the car audio game in over a decade, im amped (no pun intended) to get it all hooked up.

1moreamp, could you pm me and let me know if and when you could do the work and what the damages would be?

If not, could someone send me contact info for chris at pyramid audio? Im not looking to mod the amp, just restore it to original condition. Theres plenty of power in the stock MS2250 for me.

rolandk · Post by **rolandk** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:34 am

jrobinson wrote:I was filling out the PG RMA form and i noticed the my M44 is serial number M440002. Does this mean it was the second unit made, ever ?

Also, on the MS2250, is the serial number the sticker in the corner that reads 220702?

M44- Might be the 2nd one ever made, for sure it was one of the very earliest.

MS2250- that is correct.

theburb · Post by **theburb** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:01 pm

jrobinson wrote: If not, could someone send me contact info for chris at pyramid audio? Im not looking to mod the amp, just restore it to original condition. Theres plenty of power in the stock MS2250 for me.

i know there is plenty of power in the stock config with the 2250....but by default the way its built by pg it can never truly make the power that it claims..

go here to his site or give chris a call....chris is the pg and car audio god....he is world famous and well respected in his field....plus he is cheap and gives it to you str8.

http://www.pyramid-audio.com/

OldSchoolFool · Post by **OldSchoolFool** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:42 pm

Correct! rather than 2x250 as the name MS2250 would imply, the amp does a meager 2 x 340 into 4ohms, 2x 517watts into 2 ohms, and a measly 1x 1060watts into 4 ohms bridged. So you are right, they never would make it do such a small amount of power.

rolandk · Post by **rolandk** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:58 pm

Small world- Chris did a review of the MS2250 for one of the car audio mags back in the day. I have a copy of it.

jrobinson · Post by **jrobinson** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:50 pm

Im planning on powering a couple 12" RF Power T112D4's off of the MS2250.
4 Ohm load to the amp all said n done @ 2x340w. Not looking for SPL numbers. Dont want to drown the M44 full range output with bass either.

Hey, on the M44, if i run stereo out front and rear at 4 ohm to components, and i run a smaller 10" sub in my stock sub location (outside of the box) bridged (trilinear) off the rear channel at the same time as the full range set (with a low pass filter inline on the sub), what kind of power can i expect to see to the 10" ?
In other words what kind of power does the bridged function of trilinear mode output while running full range off the same off of the rear channel?
If i used a 10" DVC sub, can i run a trilinear channel off the front and rear at 4 ohm to each voice coil? Im looking at the RF T110D2 10" for that.

The idea would be so i can remove my sub box (with the 2x 12") from tha back of my truck for road trips if i need to and still have a 10" sub in the stock location.

jrobinson · Post by **jrobinson** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:00 pm

I still remember the April fools edition of Car Audio Mag from back then around 1990-92 that had the elusive "Manhattan-1" amp review as the April fools joke.

Nuclear powered amp, liquid cooled, heavy water producing, put out like 10 gigawatt or some shit.....
Right out of back to the future.....

Wonder if the mag archive is online somewhere

lol

theburb · Post by **theburb** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:33 pm

rolandk wrote:Small world- Chris did a review of the MS2250 for one of the car audio mags back in the day. I have a copy of it.

lol....i actually have that issue also in a box god knows where in my house....but in that mag review he gives the 2250 the full once over and he details the small design short comings of the amp and he tells people what they can change to make it a beast..

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