OK, well it looks like the flimsy PCB has something to do with it. The thing works when you take the pcb off of the back plate. I'll see if there is any cracked traces or such.
Its based around the LM3886 power amp chips. I reenforced the traces from the +in,-in and output pins and the problem dissapeared. So I guess a cracked trace because of they way they mounted the PCB.