Martin Logan ESL Expression 13a amp removal, woofer not working


My 13a has front and rear firing 10 inch woofers and one of my rear woofers is not working. It seems intermittent.  I took it out and saw nothing but when i put it back in, it worked!  For a while.

The amp is on the bottom and seems pretty difficult to remove.

Any tips or tricks to removing the amp?  It didn't simply unscrew and pop out easily like I wanted and I certainly don't want to damage any further.

Thanks!

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Showing 1 response by carlsbad2

I don't know this amp but most subwoofer amps are similar inexpensive class D amps (not critcizing, that is quite adequate for bass frequencies).  I've replaced amps in subwoofers the blew.  I think the one I ordered from HSU was about $250 and took 10 minutes to install.  

I'm guessing something in the channel is overheating.  could be a defective thermal overload ($2 part).   when you get the amp out you may see obvious signs of overheating.  if not, ask ML how much it costs for them to just send you a replacement amp.  You may be surprised.

If it was mine, I would troublshoot it myself and likely fix it for $10 or less but to pay someone to do the troubleshooting will likely cost more than the price of a new amp.  Yes, that is the service industry world we live in.  I recommend every young person study physics and become self sufficient.  I've yet to have one take my advice.

Jerry