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PS Audio BHK300 didn’t work this morning.

Last night everything worked fine, this morning my left mono block was silent and only the blue on/off light was on.  I checked everything and found a fuse was blown.  I checked all six fuses and found the one to the right of the IEC inlet had blown and I replaced the fuse and all the lights went on and the tubes started to glow, but still no sound. I’m sure it’s not the source, the preamp, cables. It’s definitely something wrong with the amp. When in standby, the amp is normally warm to the touch and this is cold.  I sent an email to PS Audio and am waiting for a reply.  I also put this question on their forum.

Any thoughts?


Jeez,  I hope I don’t have to send this 83# brick back to Colorado!

curiousjim
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yoyoyaya
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@OP - Thanks and best of luck with your repair. Do let us know what PS Audio find when they check the amp.

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curiousjim OP
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@yoyoyaya 

Will do. They said it would be several weeks before they could look at it, so I’ll reply after that.

Do let us know what PS Audio find when they check the amp.

acman3
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Do you have a backup amp, so you don’t go crazy?  

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yoyoyaya
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Thanks Curiousjim. It's always nice to know how things turn out. I'm especially fascinated because of the fact that the amp is powering up - though not warming up - but no flashing blue light to indicate a fault.

pinwa
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I blew one of my BHK 300's back in December.  Totally my fault, I apparently sent a massive static discharge through my system that also took out a couple of tubes in my preamp.  I'm grateful the BHK 300's protection mode stopped it from getting to my speakers.  Anyhow, the good thing about this experience is PS Audio was very good about repairing the amp at what I thought was a very reasonable price.  It took a few weeks because of Christmas but I was pleased with the overall experience.  Good luck with yours.

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