Date sent: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 20:53:25 -0400
To: "Lishego, Michael" <MIKESL@tartan.sapc.edu>
From: Jurgen Hartwig <gt0003a@prism.gatech.edu>
Subject: Re: Rant about Radio Shack
At 03:08 PM 7/14/97 EST, you wrote:
> I would like to let all fellow MG owners know exactly how I was
>recently treated by Radio Shack here in NC; like shit. I had bought
>a car stereo amplifier from them about two weeks ago. A few days
>later, to my terror, the entire unit let out a loud "thumping" and
>stopped making noise. No radio, tape, nothing. My tape deck
>warranty did not cover this type of "accident" and the audio shop
>that I bought the tape deck from looked at the amplifier for me and
>found it to be the cause of my problem.
How did the audio shop say the amp caused the the tape deck to bite the dust?
I'm curious, cause I'm at a loss at how an amp can fry a tape deck. They
are only connected by a set of RCA jacks and a turn-on lead.
Jay
Well, they opened the cover of the amp and started testing the little
electrical things inside with another little electrical thingie.
Sorry, I'm not electrically inclined, I don't know the specifics.
Anyway, they claimed that the RCA input jacks were somehow
malfunctioning and they were doing three things: accepting the signal
from the rear of my tape deck, sending it to the amplifier, and
finally, sending the amplified signal back to my tape deck, via the
RCA jacks. Don't ask me how it did it, but it did...85w per channel
WILL destroy your internal amplifier, no questions asked.
P.S. I went and bought another Jensen tape deck and a Sony amp from
another audio shop, after submitting my claim to insurance. Even if
they don't pay it, I needed a new one anyway...
~Mike Lishego
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