M50 Q's.

Post by **mr tibbs** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:17 am

Is a blown, beat the hell M50 worth $25 shipped? Can you still get parts for these?

Post by **mr tibbs** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:03 pm

Pics!! He says it blown, here are some pics. What do you gus think?

Post by **AVICJR** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:14 pm

It looks like it's had some work done on it already. $25 is damn good price. Call Cecil and have him look at it.

Post by **mr tibbs** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:17 pm

That's kinda what I was thinking. The board looks great at first glance, well, at least to my untrained eye. The outside is horrid though, how the hell do I clean that up?

Post by **AVICJR** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:21 pm

I would clean the face (where label is) and straighten the bent heat sink. Then when I would install it to hide the terminals and all you would see is the face. Face looks in OK shape to display just that.

Post by **mr tibbs** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:23 pm

But the fins!! Ugg, I wish I knew if they still sold replacement parts for these.

Post by **AVICJR** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:39 pm

You must be really picky, cuz if you bend it back it will look ok. Just install it where you can't see it and your done ie.. under a seat. Besides it's the insides of that amp that really count.

1moreamp · Post by **1moreamp** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:48 pm

I have a M-100 sink in storage that looks better than that, but it will have to be drilled to match the M-50.
It needs new caps in the supply, and the 12 volt side for sure. I like the crust on the gain controls

I would buy it for parts if nothing else. I have a M-100 board if something grave is needed.
Call PG on the 800 number and ask for parts help on the case and lid. I would not be hopeful as to them having any spares for this issue amp. But who knows maybe you will get lucky.

Can I fix it, Yes.

Post by **mr tibbs** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:03 pm

Well, here is the thing. I would honestly never use this amp. If I were to pick it up, I would send it to 1moreamp, have him fix it, clean it up the best I could and just re-sell it. If nobody else here wants it I'll probobly pick it up just to have, but if someone else wants it I'll take a pass. I'll put it in the Auctions of Interest forum for now.

Thanks for the help Cecil!!

nico boom · Post by **nico boom** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 3:59 pm

up here, there's a m50 near mint for sale, for $165 asking price.
is that relevant to your question?
nico
[also one m100 for twice as much, mint condition.]

nico boom · Post by **nico boom** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:17 pm

why did I ever look at these pics before going to sleep?
gonna be some nightmare-night now.
there had to be a law against this type of abuse!
earlier this day, I was shown a m44, trown into a trunk, connected with thinner wires than my doorbel is connected with...
it cried; HELP ME!!!
but the owner was not done yet with his torture, and didn't want to sell it .
I would like to ask phoenix gold for a build-in self-destruction mechanism that is triggered when the amp is abused. THAT brings happy dreams for me tonight.
sleep well my friends!

Post by **AVICJR** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:31 pm

I would like to ask phoenix gold for a build-in self-destruction mechanism that is triggered when the amp is abused

Reliability maybe one of the reasons why we are all addicted to PG. You could beat it like a "red step child" and it still played like a champ for you.

nico boom · Post by **nico boom** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:11 am

yep, you're right; bought six ms275's from a guy that had them litterally lying in his shed. bit rusted, a lot of dust on, and in them.
things looked like shit, but after cleaning and testing, they were all 100%.
later, I sold them all, never had any complaints whatsoever about them.
quality that lasts..and lasts.