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    Posted: 14 March 2017 at 1:12pm
I'm going to get them in a few hours after work.
Is there anything I need to watch out for other than general functional checks? On top of just playing music through amps I tend to disconnect the speakers, open the gains wide and run just into clipping to check the channels are even.
 
Both are fully working and one has had a new fan.
 
I don't actually need them (though they, along with my CA9 and Berry 2500 would result in a full backup of my switchmode amps) but they seem to be for sale for around half the market value, so probably not a bad investment and they seem to be solid, reliable and repairable amps.


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Wouldn't call RMX 2450s, an investment, they will only depreciate in value.

Maybe worth saving your cash, towards an SAE lightweight, of same power per channel, as 2x 2450s.
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they go for around £200 each and most of the RMX series seem to be going for about 30% more than when I bought a few 1450's and 1850's 2 years ago.

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Assuming they work the thing that dies is the volume pots, if I have been near them they will be shorted out so they are on full all the time, if the pots crackle/drop out shorting the is a good bet.

Aprt from that for £100 a unit you could buy the 2 and sell one on ebay for £200 and end up with one for free...

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I've noticed an increase in all RMX on eBay
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Always hated those amps.

They clip so early and have hardly any power, a behringer ep2500 or 4000 always played better

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Qsc amps always sell for good money so at that price grab them quick, you will definitely double or triple your money 
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Berry EP is a copy of RMX with smaller power supplyConfused
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Originally posted by RiddimKid RiddimKid wrote:

Always hated those amps.

They clip so early and have hardly any power, a behringer ep2500 or 4000 always played better

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Qsc amps always sell for good money so at that price grab them quick, you will definitely double or triple your money 

learn to work an amp....


RMX are good budget amps with crap pots, you can't drive that, don't bother buying a K10 you won't know how that works either....


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Got em... amps are prettty clean and not beat up. He threw in some IEC cables and some nice neutric bridge cables too.
Did a full test today. Everything fine apart from a crackly pot on channel 2 on one amp.
That channel also had 100mv DC offset.
Took the lid off, blew the fluff out and blitzed the pots with contact cleaner. They don't feel stiff anymore.
However I must have got contact cleaner in the small ribon connector behind the pots and not got it out before switching on as when I turned it on both the signal lights were stuck on and I could see arcing coming from the connector when I turned the pots.
Blew the connector out with compressed air and it seems fine now.
DC offset is 22-24mv on both channels now, no crackling and plays music fine.

When I had it on with the wet ribbon connector I had no music going in or anything connected... all seems to be well so no harm done?

Internals look good, not dirty really. A bit of mysterious black hairy fluff wrapped around some of the legs of the transistors etc but all gone now. No bulging caps anywhere. Not looked at the other one as it was working perfectly but will clean it out and clean the pots making sure I don't switch it on with that ribbon connector full of contact cleaner lol


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You can 'refurb' the RMX pots.  I've posted this before but the problem with them isn't the carbon resistive track, it's the silver plated 'common' track in the middle which tarnishes.

With a bit of care you can actually dismantle the pots to gain access to the track, then with a bit of contact cleaner on a cotton bud, remove the tarnishing and reassemble.

The only other issue with the RMX's is that the electrolytic caps aren't the best and don't have a particularly long life.
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Originally posted by ceharden ceharden wrote:

You can 'refurb' the RMX pots.  I've posted this before but the problem with them isn't the carbon resistive track, it's the silver plated 'common' track in the middle which tarnishes.

With a bit of care you can actually dismantle the pots to gain access to the track, then with a bit of contact cleaner on a cotton bud, remove the tarnishing and reassemble.

The only other issue with the RMX's is that the electrolytic caps aren't the best and don't have a particularly long life.
 
Are they difficult to replace or hard to get hold of then? They work great now. I went mad with the IPA contact cleaner. Only one was a bit crackly and caused that channel to have 100MV dc offset. but all felt quite stiff. There's no resistance at all when turning them now, they feel pretty loose.
 
If the problem recurs I'll think about refurbing them, cheers for that.
 
How do you tell if the caps have gone bad? I guess they can dry up but still look fine and can bulge and leak. Can't see any bulging or leaks.
 
In the older of the two amps some of the coating/ paint on some of the resistors is chipped/ coming off. Maybe I'll just stick them on ebay or rig resale straight away. I really don't need them but it's nice having toroidal backups for my switchmode amps.
 
I usually use an SAE PQM 13 and 2 X Matrix UKP2100X. I've now got 2 X QSC RMX2450, 1 X Berry EP2500 and 1 X Crest CA9 in reserve.
 
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While in direct comparison, these RMX amps felt weaker, the output from these is measured and verified. Have no idea what might that be then...
Anyway I'm running QSC amps too, and with one notch higher impedance speaker than its minimum, it behaves Very, very well.
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