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Can anyone help?

Hi,all
I have a pair of JC1 Parasound monoblocks that I bought last january.They sound fantastic, until three months ago one of them start clicking.I mean shutting off for a second or two. Some days it will do it only once but some other times it will do it so many times I will shut everything off.
I called Parasound I was told they never heard such a thing with their amps.Since it only does it sometime if I send it to them it does not do it while in their hands it will be sent back to me without "fixing" it, plus the charges to have it checked.
I forgot to mention the amp clicks almost every time I turn any light on in the room.I do have two dedicated line with a 20A circuit breaker for each amp. It will do it even if I switch it to a different outlet. Only one amp does it.Does any JC1 owner experiencing this problem or something similar?
Help!!!!
willjw49
grinnell
1,095 posts
 
Shoot a video of the problem and send it to them
jdechamp
33 posts
 
I own JC-1s and experienced the same thing until I put them on dedicated lines. Since you have already done that I suggest checking the connections and current capacity on your lines. The other suggestions offered are good too, especially regarding the auto-on. I switched mine to manual.

Good luck!
missioncoonery
1,216 posts
 
I personally know 2 owners of JC1 amps, or I should say ex owners..Both had similar problems and very little customer service support fixing the problems..When I was in the process of buying a new amp Parasound wasnt on my list because of build issues they seem to have.I think its rather common..Fix and sell,IMO
willjw49 OP
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Thank you all for your suggestions.I think one of the amps has an issue with one particular line . I replaced the outlets (psa audio) but it still does it.I discovered when turned on the stove this amp clicks continually. So i just switched them outlets or sides to make it simple. so far no clicking for about a week now.
Is it electrical??? Since only one amp does it and when I plugged the other amp it does not do it;then it's not electrical.
So what could it be?
Again thanks for your inputs.
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