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Originally Posted by djwhog

Fantastic Dan, great find and fix, was ready to say Pete needs to come out for a visit to help ship the beast,but WOW you are the guy, this is a great repair story at a minimal cost.

I bet over the years many electronic failures from a simple $1-$10 part resulted in throwing away $1000s invested in gear.

You sure are helping a lot of folks

I also agree after 9 years and a decent amount of play time etc, not to mention all the power electrical storms in Florida right?

Anyway I think very high of JL and the build quality. This resolved perfect in the end thank you Dan!

Dave.......Thanks, and you're right, high-end audio repairs can get expensive quick. I have been fortunate through the years. The few repairs I had to pay for were typically less than $400.00. This particular DIY repair was driven by the fact that I did not want to deal with packing and shipping the weight of the Fathom f113. I knew there had to be a more appealing alternative. As I understand it, JL Audio has a $300.00 flat rate repair cost for out of warranty subwoofers that includes return shipping. Add in the shipping cost to get the subwoofer to Miramar, Florida, I was looking at a total of about $450.00. Between the cost and the back breaking effort to get the Fathom shipped, plus getting the sub unpacked and back upstairs when it was returned, I decided it made more sense to try to figure out what the problem was and repair it myself. Needless to say, I am pleased as punch the end results worked in my favor. I really hope others will benefit, too.