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>won an auction for a subwoofer
>10" 2700W plate amp
>passive radiator also 10"
>room shaking bass in tiny package
>arrives in mail
>just makes a farting noise
>farts like my 85 year old grandpa suffering after diablo sauce at taco bell
>fart fart fart fart
>pffft pffft pfft
>paf paf paf
>psh psh psh
>driver and radiator are fine
>go online
>find out the sub literally kills itself by rattling internal components
>amp's fucked and it can't deliver power right
>used cheap caps and they die after 20 years
>amp is 28 years old
>bob carver is genioos and made plate amp in china with no surviving schematics and everyone around me is afraid to touch it because it's high voltage as fuck
>there's like one guy left who fixes these and he's in CA or somewhere and hasn't been heard from in years
why...

I need an amp for under $500 used that doesn't commit suicide with normal operation guys help me out please. Ideally a thousand watts RMS and 10" driver but I understand that's not realistic for my budget.