Electrician/Speaker Work

[fitz19d]

Hey, hoping I could find one of those many craftsmen we have lurking or if anyone has ideas about what to do with a somewhat pricey pair of speakers I'm having problems with.

It's a set of Razor Mako 2.1 speakers. 2 THX sound pods that hook up to a center Sub. Attaches to computer just by a standard jack. (Not a usb/hdmi or whatever fancy connectors they have these days.) Support for Razor sucks to start and this is discontinued a few years back.

My problem is that the sound if I turn it on is fine for about 10 seconds then it goes silent with a rhymic pop or snap. (Not sharp but I wouldnt quite call it a thump either.) From a lot of online googling many had the same problem and seemed to be linked to the control pod/corded remote. Some had luck just simply opening it up and closing it, some tinkered with stuff, others that did nothing for them. It did this once like when I first had it and it fixed itself. I've left it off and alone for a month but alas no luck. One of the fixes I think I read was disabling/unwiring the headset or line in hookup actually? Seemed strange but I have 0 electrical knowledge, I hate even jumping a car.

I've had a small crappy set of ancient speakers I've used with my headset hooked into them but it's just not nearly as good. Don't have the cash to run out to buy another $300 set of speakers but miss the sound.

Is it realistic to try and get these repaired for like $50? Since I get the sound clear for a bit I'd think all the sound stuff is good, just some capacitor or other stupid bits gone bad?

[brutal]

Probably some shitty, Chinese capacitors in the sub amp.

Too bad you're in Loveland. I coudl throw it on te bench here in Parker and take a look at it. Probably cheap parts cost to just shotgun some parts. Hell, if the caps are small enough and not odd values, I got tons here in stock.

Thing is, I just went looking to see what they were and I'm seeing them for like $22 online. Something different? https://www.google.com/shopping/product/9268968849610183304?q=Razer%20Mako%202.1&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=nlD&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=edd25aba0901c552&bpcl=38625945&biw=1201&bih=503&tch=1&ech=1&psi=mFOpUKm5O4SSyQHG4oDoAg.1353274266067.3&sa=X&ei=rFOpUJ3EN6m5ywH7poCwDA&ved=0CDgQxBUwAA

[fitz19d]

I go to Westminster once a week usually, or I could even ship it to ya. Free parts if it can't be fixed? If you think your up to it and/or fit my original hoped for budget?

Those 2 that come up as $22 are mouse mats when you click on them. These are definitely used to be $200 or so speakers when they came out. http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/speakers/2009/01/18/razer-mako-2-1-speakers-review/1


Probably some shitty, Chinese capacitors in the sub amp.

Too bad you're in Loveland. I coudl throw it on te bench here in Parker and take a look at it. Probably cheap parts cost to just shotgun some parts. Hell, if the caps are small enough and not odd values, I got tons here in stock.

Thing is, I just went looking to see what they were and I'm seeing them for like $22 online. Something different? https://www.google.com/shopping/product/9268968849610183304?q=Razer%20Mako%202.1&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=nlD&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=edd25aba0901c552&bpcl=38625945&biw=1201&bih=503&tch=1&ech=1&psi=mFOpUKm5O4SSyQHG4oDoAg.1353274266067.3&sa=X&ei=rFOpUJ3EN6m5ywH7poCwDA&ved=0CDgQxBUwAA

[brutal]

Shoot me a PM.

If you can get them to me, I can take a look. I'm not a pro electronics tech, but have a history and repair my own vintage stereo gear and have a crapload of test equipment. If it's a discreet component failure, I can fix it. If it's an IC failure, doubtful.

[Jer]

Usually when stuff like this happens it's generally due to cheap capacitors being used in manufacturing. I never understood this because the cost difference between a crappy capacitor and a decent one is pennies. I have a couple of AV123 15" powered subs for my theater that are notorious for crapping out. There are online tutorials that list parts, where to buy and how to replace them with pictures. If you can somewhat solder you can probably handle fixing yourself so long as a descriptive tutorial such as this exists for your particular device. Do some searching and see what you come up with and if you need help I may be able to. Just fair warning, I'm not a soldering genius and even if you've never soldered you can probably do what I can do with an iron after watching a few YouTube videos.

Also, it's a GREAT time of year to need to replace electronics. Might want to see what is out there and compare pricing and features to see if it's not going to be better just to replace and maybe attempt to sell your unit at a discount. I do this more often than not because you can end up creating even more issues and wasting days of your life away chasing your tail. Hit up SlickDeals.net as they've had the Black Friday & Cyber Monday advertisements posted for about a month now and you can see if there's something out there that would fit the bill.