pockethammer Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Has anyone got any experience of these speakers? We use these as a vocal pa & tonight 1 of them cut out with the thermal light coming on, left it be for a while but still not working. It wasn't working hard ( practice night ) any thoughts? Cheers John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlapbassSteve Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I own a pair of the V1 model... never had any problems though *touch wood* closest thing we've had to an issue is accidentally pressing the 'timed turnoff' button and wondering why the light wasn't coming on when we powered up. Sorry I can't be more help, hope it's nothing serious like the power amp going or something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monckyman Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 There is the thermal cutout, which should obviously have cooled down, and there is an internal fuse. You have to take the rear amp panel off (8screws) to get at it and it's located near the mains socket. Careful you don't pull any wires off, go slowly. Have a google but the equivalent rating is T 2.5AL250V Hth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPJ Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I'm afraid the v2 chinese made SRM's have a bit of a reputation for tripping out on thermal overload. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pockethammer Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 [quote name='JPJ' timestamp='1390662489' post='2348075'] I'm afraid the v2 chinese made SRM's have a bit of a reputation for tripping out on thermal overload. [/quote] So it seems! The more I look into this the more I'm seeing the same probs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pockethammer Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1390647418' post='2347845'] There is the thermal cutout, which should obviously have cooled down, and there is an internal fuse. You have to take the rear amp panel off (8screws) to get at it and it's located near the mains socket. Careful you don't pull any wires off, go slowly. Have a google but the equivalent rating is T 2.5AL250V Hth [/quote] Cheers for that! Our quandary is it's still under warranty, got it thru GAK so need them to pick it up & them to send it Mackie to be fixed, meaning we're missing a speaker for 4-5 weeks (min I'd say!) do we go in screwdrivers blazin or keep the warranty. Hmmmm. Do you think it's a fuse then? Is it easily changed? Is there an easy fix? Edited January 25, 2014 by pockethammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbytodd Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 (edited) when we first got our srmv's both of them packed in pretty quickly.they went away came back, broke went away again came back, broke then Mackie sent two brand new replacements which have been ok so far.but while they were away we had to buy speakers to gig with so we went with rcf and they have been great Edited January 25, 2014 by bobbytodd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westie9 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 We had a pair until both over-heated during a rather low volume rehearsal. We couldn't take the risk of them giving up during a wedding so we got rid of them. The new owner only wanted them for vocals so was willing to take the risk! We weren't overloading them, just 4 mics and keyboard. Everything else went through its own back line. I think they were V1's. We just couldn't trust them.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pockethammer Posted January 26, 2014 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) Yeah, I think we've lost all faith in these too. No happy Edited February 2, 2014 by pockethammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Our SRM450 didn't cut out, but over time we seemed to get less volume out of it. Replaced it with a 12" active Alto, which has been very reliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterfire666 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 i used to work in a shop dealing with pa returns, unfortunately the srm450 v2's (and the mackie bass bins of the same era too) were probably the worst offenders in the whole time i was there, always the same fault too. mackie built their reputation on the earlier models which were of a higher build quality (with rcf drivers too)but when the factory moved QC went away and they seem to just play the numbers game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikhay77 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Shame really.We have had the V1s and the 1801 bass bins for 5 years now,run em at some big places and outside gigs pushing some volume and never had a problem,just goes to show what cheep components do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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