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#293349 - 01/02/2007 19:14 Blaupunkt PA2100 Class-T Amplifier
tanstaafl.
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Registered: 08/07/1999
Posts: 5543
Loc: Ajijic, Mexico
Yesterday the amplifier that drives my subwoofer died. This is one of five amplfiers in the system (see attachment on linked post). I have temporarily re-routed signal paths to use one of the other amps to drive the subwoofer, but the system is now somewhat crippled.

I have nobody to blame but myself for this... cleaning fluid from a carpet shampooer I hauled in the back of the car leaked through the floor and onto the amp. I pulled the amp, disassembled and cleaned it, and air-dried it overnight, and it worked for several months afterwards, but yesterday it died.

The problem is... it is a discontinued model, sold only for a brief time, and any larger (physical size) amp just isn't going to fit. Also, due to lack of ventilation, it must be a class-T amplifier. I need to find an exact replacement.

If anybody can point me to where I can buy one of these, new or used, I would appreciate it very much. Note that the model number is Blaupunkt PA2100. There is a PCA2100 available, but it is a larger, Class A/B amplifier, not useful to me in this situation.

There is ONE electronics repair shop in all of interior Alaska... I will take the amplifier to him this evening and see if it can be repaired, knowing the cost of the repair will be more than I paid for the amplifier when I bought it new. I'd like to have other options available.

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#293350 - 01/02/2007 19:26 Re: Blaupunkt PA2100 Class-T Amplifier [Re: tanstaafl.]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
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The PA2150 looks very similar and there's one on eBay right now. The PA2100 looks to show up fairly often -- the PA4100, too. There's one person, da_pilgrim, who's bought a bunch of them over the last few months. Maybe you could contact him.


Edited by wfaulk (01/02/2007 19:30)
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#293351 - 02/02/2007 03:08 Re: Blaupunkt PA2100 Class-T Amplifier [Re: wfaulk]
tanstaafl.
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Quote:
The PA2150 looks very similar and there's one on eBay right now.


It looks similar, but is actually about two inches larger in both length and width. The footprint is nearly double that of the PA2100, and I don't think I can make it fit. Possibly if I get rid of two of my passive crossover modules and move the 30-band equalizer...

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The PA2100 looks to show up fairly often -- the PA4100, too. There's one person, da_pilgrim, who's bought a bunch of them over the last few months. Maybe you could contact him.


How are you searching for the PA2100? I can't find where even one of them has ever gone through ebay, what am I doing incorrectly?

When you sa da_pilgrim has "...bought a bunch of them..." are you referring to the PA4100? That amplifier is much too large to fit in my installation.

Im keeping an eye on the 2150 on ebay. It's missing some pieces so it might go inexpensively enough for me to take a chance and try it. Good catch on noting the similarities between the 2100 and the 2150.

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#293352 - 02/02/2007 09:46 Re: Blaupunkt PA2100 Class-T Amplifier [Re: tanstaafl.]
AndrewT
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Registered: 16/02/2002
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Loc: Oxford, UK
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How are you searching for the PA2100? I can't find where even one of them has ever gone through ebay, what am I doing incorrectly?


Choose Advanced Search, enter your desired search terms and check "Completed items only". You can also limit your searches to a particular seller using advanced searches.

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#293353 - 02/02/2007 13:50 Re: Blaupunkt PA2100 Class-T Amplifier [Re: tanstaafl.]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
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Loc: Raleigh, NC US
Sorry. I think eBay actually modified my search and I failed to notice the warning.
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#293354 - 02/02/2007 16:52 Re: Blaupunkt PA2100 Class-T Amplifier [Re: AndrewT]
tanstaafl.
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Choose Advanced Search, enter your desired search terms and check "Completed items only".

That's how had I looked for it, and not a single Blaupunkt PA2100 shows up in whatever date-range ebay retains for completed items. There were a pair of Harmon Kardan PA2100 amps, but those are not at all the same thing.

I'm going to ask Stu at Eutronics if he'd like to have a go at fixing mine...

tanstaafl.
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#293355 - 02/02/2007 16:54 Re: Blaupunkt PA2100 Class-T Amplifier [Re: wfaulk]
tanstaafl.
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Registered: 08/07/1999
Posts: 5543
Loc: Ajijic, Mexico
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Sorry. I think eBay actually modified my search and I failed to notice the warning.


?? I don't understand what you're saying. Warning?

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#293356 - 02/02/2007 17:13 Re: Blaupunkt PA2100 Class-T Amplifier [Re: tanstaafl.]
wfaulk
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Sometimes if you enter something in an eBay search, it'll say something to the effect of "I wasn't able to find anything called "PA2100", but I did find some things called "PA4100". Here they are". I don't remember what I searched on now, but I think that's what it did to me.

Anyway, you're right. There are none, and, regardless of how it happened, I gave you incorrect information.
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#293357 - 02/02/2007 17:35 Re: Blaupunkt PA2100 Class-T Amplifier [Re: wfaulk]
tanstaafl.
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Registered: 08/07/1999
Posts: 5543
Loc: Ajijic, Mexico
Quote:
Sometimes if you enter something in an eBay search, it'll say something to the effect of "I wasn't able to find anything called "PA2100", but I did find some things called "PA4100". Here they are". I don't remember what I searched on now, but I think that's what it did to me.


Ah. I understand now.

Most likely you ended up looking at "PC2100" -- a designation for a popular RAM package.

Incorrect information or not, you were a great help with the reference to the PA2150.

tanstaafl.
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