My buddy tripped on a cord, that led to my JBL Eon615 PA speaker falling on the pavement and now it won’t turn on. The guy at the JBL authorized repair shop says not to bother trying to get it fixed but I guess I’m looking for advice or a second opinion
Well, it’s possible indeed that the damages ruined the speaker precision.
I would be pretty sad if my monitors fell on the floor. I commiserate.
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My 15" 20kg speaker fell on the floor from 2 meters and still works with minor scratches. I guess I was lucky. But then there’s a trust problem where I imagine it could break with no warning, so I bought a spare one anyway.
I guess a lot may depend on why he gave you that advice: sourcing parts, finding the actual fault given the description of what happened, age of device, potential for multiple parts to have been damaged/the outcome even if the power issue was fixed.
If there’s a local maker space, they might be able to help with a 2nd opinion. They (or the sites that host them) often have initiatives to repair electronics rather than send to landfill.
Edit: and get your buddy to help with finding a solution. 
I’d get the schematics, crack the case and have a look around for damaged fuse, detached wire etc. Are you any use with a test meter? If so you can test a range of the connections and components. Replacement parts seem to be available.
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Where were you when it fell?
You might be able to claim insurance on it.
Your right getting a second opinion.
If the woofer and tweeter ain’t broken it’s just the electronic part. Most non mechanical components can take a fall.
If not done already, start checking with an other mainspower cable first. If that doesn’t work i would start to open the back side. It doesn’t work anyway so there’s only chance of luck. Just use your eyes first, check if the internal wiring an connectors still in place. If your main power cable was connected and locked behind something while falling there is a chance that the mains connector is somehow damaged (buddy tripped on a cord!) Check that too, also on the inside. 2nd look at the larger components, is anything loose. If there is no damage that the eye can see you need to find someone who is willing to measure things thru.
I thought as far as insurance goes, these things always happen at home. I once claimed tube replacements for my bass amp on my insurance, hah.
There are a few different types of insurance. There is also DJ insurance. If it was at a venue they might have insurance you can use.
Sure, but as far as I’m concerned my accidents regarding gear always happen at home 
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Anything can be repaired given the right combination of time, budget, and motivation.
If after investigating/ diagnostics you decide that the amp/ electronics section is more damaged than you want to deal with you can still wire it up as a passive full range cab.
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official repair centres / dealers will generally say this - especially these days, where few people do component level repair - unless a whole board can be swapped out they won’t touch it…which is why often they just say it’s economically unviable.
What you need is a good local independent service engineer. We use a guy about 30 mins away: had plenty of stuff deemed to be ‘not worth it’ fixed by him - often we get a bill of under £50, because he’s just found & replaced the broken cap, op-amp, PSU… whatever & repaired it at component level.
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