Vhalen50
Experienced
So my Matrix GT1000fx blew up on me a few weeks ago. Basically I asked to borrow a speaker cable at my bands practice space. Normally I use a heavy duty speakon-1/4" cable that is maybe 3 feet in length. The cab i use at the space was covered with new PA gear, so I said i could just put my rack on another area, but id need a cable. Long story short, i plug in this cable and power everything up, no volume, turn the volume up on the matrix and the entire unit dies. Wont turn back on. Theres no doubt in my mind, it was the cable.
I contacted matrix and they said it would need repairs (in the U.K.) but i could try swapping the fuse out. Tried that, but they told me the wrong fuse to buy. Got that corrected and it powers up, but it makes a really loud whirring noise and when it turns off, itll actually cycle back on for a second, then off. I never tried plugging anything back in.
So im now at a stand still to potentially ship this thing back to matrix, which is just 2 months out of the 2 year warranty, for around $80 each way and then hope the repair charges+shipping back and forth dont almost equal the price for a new unit, or I accept the loss and just go direct.
Thoughts?
I contacted matrix and they said it would need repairs (in the U.K.) but i could try swapping the fuse out. Tried that, but they told me the wrong fuse to buy. Got that corrected and it powers up, but it makes a really loud whirring noise and when it turns off, itll actually cycle back on for a second, then off. I never tried plugging anything back in.
So im now at a stand still to potentially ship this thing back to matrix, which is just 2 months out of the 2 year warranty, for around $80 each way and then hope the repair charges+shipping back and forth dont almost equal the price for a new unit, or I accept the loss and just go direct.
Thoughts?