DRACONIA - traces of soldering and spots of flux

[greg3d 0]

Hello!

 

I've bought my Draconia (2 pcs) in Jan 2013 at Ebay,WoofersEtc store. It was sold as NEW.

Few days ago, there was a problem, so I had to disassemble one of my amps (short circuit in two mosfets at 2nd channel btw...my fault, never mind).

 

Here is the picture of back side of PCB. There is soldering traces, flux, some kind of resistors etc. And it all look not like factory view. Is it normal for Zed amps?

 

 

 

If it is not normal, I want to warn you, apparently, Woofers Etc store sells repaired (maybe even badly) amplifiers under the guise of new.

 

P. S. Sorry for any mistakes, english is not my native language)

Edited September 5, 2014 by greg3d

[pmureika 31]

Looks pretty crappy to me for any brand amp circuit board.

 

Electrical solder is rosin based shouldn't even leave flux residue.

Edited September 5, 2014 by pmureika

[S.DeYoung 967]

Woofer Etc. is sketchy, I would not be surprised if they sold you an old one as new.

[pmureika 31]

Did it come in a new box with new packaging?

[jcarter1885 994]

Woofer Etc. is sketchy, I would not be surprised if they sold you an old one as new.

x2, I used to shop there but stopped after buying my last amplifier from them.

[greg3d 0]

Did it come in a new box with new packaging?

 

It came in a white box, and seemed new. Maybe it all false alarm, cuz my coworker (he is good specialist in electronics) says the large and heavy elements often solders by hand after factory stage. 

So lets wait for the official response  

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

I personally have not pulled the boards out of my amps to see the back.  Some parts are assembled in California before the amplifiers are shipped out.  Chances are Stephen won't see this, but I can ask the next time I talk to him.  But I would not be surprised based on what Sean said above.

[SacredTanakh 67]

I bought some neo pros 10s from them on amazon and the packaging was a little off. They turned out to be the wrong ohm. They refused to do anything about it either.

not going to buy from them again.

[kirill007 52]

That doesn't look new at all.

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

I bought some neo pros 10s from them on amazon and the packaging was a little off. They turned out to be the wrong ohm. They refused to do anything about it either.

not going to buy from them again.

 

Good thing there are other reputable, long standing Sundown audio dealers.