Lemzy_Wonder

Am a new klipch fan with cinema 600, lifted it off amazon, i soon realized at that price point, no sound-bar came close with the audio quality and sub punch After 1 year of merry making with the bar causing unspeakable mayhem to my neighbors, it finally breathed its last,(not powering on, red shaky light) I panicked, at this point i tried to contact klipch custo.care for a way forward , and though they were nice, i felt they are playing me, like they knew, what was up… i was outside warranty unfortunately My pockets were on a recession I couldn’t afford good sound.And thats how i landed here with my 2 feets after weeks of searching the internet , i then realized this was a klipsch pandemic, i relaxed but still wasnt happy Muuuch thanks to @SixerFixer, he indeed opened a way for meto having my cinema 600 back,God bless you Man, he said the weaklink of cinema 600 is/was/has been the power supply unit, so I decided to dig deeper on this OEM power supply issue, and discovered is very much repairable ofcourse with Muuch help from my circuit board Nerd in my area called Mr. David, i will leave his contacts at the end of this discussion Pay close attention, Problem with OEM power supply starts at the 400v/100uf capacitor that decide to leak(very cheap caps) immediately after warranty(mischievous timing), after the cap drama, unregulated voltage pass through the 5v auxiliary power rail smoking everything on its path, the 5v modulator and the 16v voltage smoothers It’s the 5v auxiliary power supply that switches on the 24v main power supply that inturn activates the amplifier, with the 5v auxiliary power supply fried, you are sure the bar will go safe mode(the red light), this in a way is a clever design to protect the main board and the 24v amp from roasting The challenge with the chinese 24v/5v knock off power supply is it lacks some of this checks and balances of power flow, i.e there is no 5v axul. power switching the 24v main power, the 5v auxiliary power is regulated from the 24v hence Incase of a fault God forbid, there is no isolation So for longetivity of your klipsch bar My circuit board Nerd Mr. David highly recommended we repair the OEm p.supply, and I happily obliged The bar is up and running like new David email is: davidochieng27@gmail.com, Such a gifted man We replaced the following 2 400v 100uf caps 5v ac-dc regulator(Chip-Rail CR5241) 16v 220uf voltage smoothers