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Recently like many others my Buttkicker 130C amp no longer turned on after nearly 2 years of use. After repeated and fruitless troubleshooting I caved and purchased a replacement (another 130C).
After finding some newer directions on line I discovered a couple things (maybe 3) that I may have missed and thought others may want to know.
The reason for the original amp failure could be a number of other things entirely, but after reading about the first two points I realized I may have been inadvertently killing the amp prematurely.
After finding some newer directions on line I discovered a couple things (maybe 3) that I may have missed and thought others may want to know.
- On PS4 use an optical audio out with an applicable optical converter. Newer directions say don’t connect via HDMI.
- Turn the master power off when finished, don’t leave in stand by mode. I never (or extremely rarely) powered mine off.
- And the third is maybe not turning up the volume so high it continually reached max output and clips. Maybe I burned out something, but going forward I will try to keep the volume so the signal stays in the green.
The reason for the original amp failure could be a number of other things entirely, but after reading about the first two points I realized I may have been inadvertently killing the amp prematurely.
