Was playing at a gig 2 hours into it the 1501 smells real bad of electricall burning then seconds latter no power does any one know why its has no power and why it smelt of electricall burning, and why only one of them did it
Sounds like you may have terminally damaged that unit. As far as the other one being okay I could give a million reasons. A simple one being that maybe your signal was stronger on one channel. Get it checked out at your local repair shop or warranty it out if you can.
-Dynami
Vincewrd,
I am very happy to hear that my suggestion about the warranty worked out for you. Unfortunately I was out sick for a little bit and regret not being available right away. In the future you can expect our dialog to be much faster. I also gave some extra thought about how the last one blew up and have some ideas. You can try checking your signal cables for defects/continuity with a voltmeter, an unbalanced load can really mess things up in a hurry. Also pay close attention to the power source the amp(s) are hooked up to. For instance if one amp is using a 100 foot long extension cord and the other is connected to Con-Ed, well you know what can happen. The amp that has less, or more specifically not enough power, can go into clipping which can give similar results. Anyway I hope I helped out and let me know how the new amp works out.
-Dynami
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will mackie repair it or give me new as only had them 3 months and not even been playing them heavy yet
they are sending me a whole new amp replacement
Exactly the same thing happened to me last night.
I am so dissappointed in these speakers. I already had a good set of non powered speakers that worked fine but I thought that these would be more convenient. I just don't think that they can handle Hip Hop even at lower levels. All other music plays fine.
I encountered the same exact problem w/ one of my SW1501s. I take very good care of my gear and at this event the subs were in an wide open stage area. I don't crank my stuff to the max just enough to have clear good sound.
I have the extended warranty on them and will be taking both to a shop that a friend of mine has to have him contact Mackie and go from there.
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