JL Audio 500/1 "Slash" Class D Mono Amplifier Repair

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5 ай бұрын

In this video, I repair a JL Audio Slash amplifier. It had blown the power section, one dead mosfet on the output section, a shorted op-amp, and a few other small parts. If you want more details on what I didn't show see this post www.diyaudio.com/community/th...
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@FixedUntilBroken 5 ай бұрын

If you like these amplifier repairs, maybe I can do more. I would prefer to do multiple-part videos to explain the repair in a little deeper detail.

@_Mario_PL_ 10 күн бұрын

I had 2 of those amps and both have failed. Both were installed by pros, still have 1 of the broken ones collecting dust. Nice job on the fixing it and giving it another life.

@sr20good36 5 ай бұрын

Sent one of these out a long time ago, and the guy basically told me it couldn’t be repaired that the “mosfets” were shorted. That was ten years ago and I realize now I got ripped off. I’ve become better at circuit repair and could have done it myself at this point. Live and learn I guess but cool to see something I owned and had issues with in a repair video

@FixedUntilBroken 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing that. Yeah I can empathize with that experience. I am glad you found some entertainment in seeing it fixed. These amplifiers were so popular. We all probably had one or knew someone with one. I remember my roommate having one of them when I was 18. He gave me my first amplifier for installing the JL in his blazer. It was a Kenwood, maybe a KAC line, that he gave me. I can't remember if I fixed it, but this isn't the first slash amplifier I worked on.

@perryrupp6175 2 ай бұрын

Sweet. Mine just quit tonight on the way home after nearly 20 years. Need to pull it out and open it up. Not sure if I want to take the time to fix it or if I should just grab a new JL amp. Appreciate the video and getting to see whats in there before I jump in..... if I end up doing it.

@makaveli087 3 ай бұрын

"Slasher" not Slash. I still have 500/1 from like High School. They were wildly underrated compared to other amps (output wise - not fanbase wise. Everybody knows JL is creme dela creme). They were probably the only "500" Amps that put out 500RMS. I had 1000 watt amps that barely did 550 lol

@perryrupp6175 2 ай бұрын

Never heard JL refer to them as "slasher," it was always the Slash series amps. Even in the new JD Series training, they referred to them as slash.