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Mackie M1400 poweramp problem
Hi all. I had a shorted driver stage (MJE15032/33) in one of the
channels which resulted a lot of open resistors in the output stage, Some components in the clip-detector circuit blew too. After replacing all the broken stuff, the channel operates, but with high frequency ringing superimposed on the fundamental sinewave. Does anyone have a specific tip for this failure? Some of the compensation capacitors gone bad? Thanks a lot for any advice! Regards Steve |
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powerampfreak wrote in message
... Hi all. I had a shorted driver stage (MJE15032/33) in one of the channels which resulted a lot of open resistors in the output stage, Some components in the clip-detector circuit blew too. After replacing all the broken stuff, the channel operates, but with high frequency ringing superimposed on the fundamental sinewave. Does anyone have a specific tip for this failure? Some of the compensation capacitors gone bad? Thanks a lot for any advice! Regards Steve Assuming a constant hf then a matter of divining, by literally floating your hand/finger over, until zeroing in. -- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on http://home.graffiti.net/diverse:graffiti.net/ |
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"powerampfreak" wrote in message ... Hi all. I had a shorted driver stage (MJE15032/33) in one of the channels which resulted a lot of open resistors in the output stage, Some components in the clip-detector circuit blew too. After replacing all the broken stuff, the channel operates, but with high frequency ringing superimposed on the fundamental sinewave. Does anyone have a specific tip for this failure? Some of the compensation capacitors gone bad? Thanks a lot for any advice! Regards Steve Yes, you haven't found all the broken stuff yet. Don't start guessing, trying to link symptoms with components, you'll be there all day and get nowhere. Go back and check very carefully all the components from the output transistors back as far as it is possible for the damage to have gone. One technique I use is to use the diode check function on my multimeter, giving a reading of forward voltage drop. This gives an indication of resistance and semiconductor junction integrity at the same time. As this is a stereo amp you can directly compare the working channel with the faulty one. Check each transistor junction and all the components using BOTH test lead polarities, starting from the power devices backwards. (You may be measuring a base emitter junction with a 100K resistor between the two. In one direction you will read 100k, the other you will read a 0.6V diode). Investigate any discrepancies between channels, allowing for changing readings due to charged/charging capacitors. Both sides should read and behave the same. This may seem at first to be a very labour intensive procedure, but with practice can be carried out surprisingly quickly, and discrepancies easily located. Gareth. |
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powerampfreak wrote: Hi all. I had a shorted driver stage (MJE15032/33) in one of the channels which resulted a lot of open resistors in the output stage, Some components in the clip-detector circuit blew too. After replacing all the broken stuff, the channel operates, but with high frequency ringing superimposed on the fundamental sinewave. Does anyone have a specific tip for this failure? Some of the compensation capacitors gone bad? Thanks a lot for any advice! At all power levels ? Graham |
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On 4 Juni, 04:07, Eeyore
wrote: powerampfreak wrote: Hi all. I had a shorted driver stage (MJE15032/33) in one of the channels which resulted a lot of open resistors in the output stage, Some components in the clip-detector circuit blew too. After replacing all the broken stuff, the channel operates, but with high frequency ringing superimposed on the fundamental sinewave. Does anyone have a specific tip for this failure? Some of the compensation capacitors gone bad? Thanks a lot for any advice! At all power levels ? Graham Actually, I run it without the dummy load for initial testings, in order to operate the amp more safely.. until I get a decent output signal. Then I go for power tests. I think I drove the amp up to somewhere 30-40V rms and the high frequency oscillation is riding on top of my sinewave test signal. The OK channel doesn't behave like this, if anyone may think it's just because I've no dummyload connected. Besides, there seems to be different version of the M1400, since my schematic isn't exactly like the amp... Maybe anyone has a few schematics for this unit in PDF? Regards Steve |
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Have you compared the components, waveforms, etc in the good channel with
the "bad" one? It might be less trouble to simply shotgun the components you haven't already replaced. There is also the remote possibility that the amp was behaving this way before it failed. |
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"William Sommerwerck" wrote in message ... Have you compared the components, waveforms, etc in the good channel with the "bad" one? Note that if you do add a dummy load you well may find that you get very different waveforms than your nice sine wave with a little hash on top - this could be very misleading at this time. You could even destroy some more transistors, so I wouldn't bother since you know the amp is still faulty anyway. It might be less trouble to simply shotgun the components you haven't already replaced. Yep. There is also the remote possibility that the amp was behaving this way before it failed. Very true. Make sure you don't just repair the symptoms! Gareth. |
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powerampfreak wrote: Eeyore wrote: powerampfreak wrote: Hi all. I had a shorted driver stage (MJE15032/33) in one of the channels which resulted a lot of open resistors in the output stage, Some components in the clip-detector circuit blew too. After replacing all the broken stuff, the channel operates, but with high frequency ringing superimposed on the fundamental sinewave. Does anyone have a specific tip for this failure? Some of the compensation capacitors gone bad? Thanks a lot for any advice! At all power levels ? Actually, I run it without the dummy load for initial testings, in order to operate the amp more safely.. until I get a decent output signal. Then I go for power tests. I think I drove the amp up to somewhere 30-40V rms and the high frequency oscillation is riding on top of my sinewave test signal. But at lower levels ? The OK channel doesn't behave like this, if anyone may think it's just because I've no dummyload connected. Besides, there seems to be different version of the M1400, since my schematic isn't exactly like the amp... Maybe anyone has a few schematics for this unit in PDF? Ooooh, I did at one time I think. I'll look. But anyway, do you know what I mean by the 'output zobel network' ? An RC series combination. The R should be of several watts rating. Do make sure that the R isn't burnt out (open). Graham |
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"Eeyore"
wrote in message ... Do you know what I mean by the "output Zobel network"? A Zobel network is used for impedance compensation -- usually to make a circuit look more resistive. An amp with such a network at its output might very well be unusually load-sensitive. |
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On 4 Juni, 13:36, Eeyore
wrote: powerampfreak wrote: Eeyore wrote: powerampfreak wrote: Hi all. I had a shorted driver stage (MJE15032/33) in one of the channels which resulted a lot of open resistors in the output stage, Some components in the clip-detector circuit blew too. After replacing all the broken stuff, the channel operates, but with high frequency ringing superimposed on the fundamental sinewave. Does anyone have a specific tip for this failure? Some of the compensation capacitors gone bad? Thanks a lot for any advice! At all power levels ? Actually, I run it without the dummy load for initial testings, in order to operate the amp more safely.. until I get a decent output signal. Then I go for power tests. I think I drove the amp up to somewhere 30-40V rms and the high frequency oscillation is riding on top of my sinewave test signal. But at lower levels ? The OK channel doesn't behave like this, if anyone may think it's just because I've no dummyload connected. Besides, there seems to be different version of the M1400, since my schematic isn't exactly like the amp... Maybe anyone has a few schematics for this unit in PDF? Ooooh, I did at one time I think. I'll look. But anyway, do you know what I mean by the 'output zobel network' ? An RC series combination. The R should be of several watts rating. Do make sure that the R isn't burnt out (open). Graham- Dölj citerad text - - Visa citerad text - The Zobel network is all fine. |
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"powerampfreak" wrote in message ... On 4 Juni, 13:36, Eeyore wrote: powerampfreak wrote: Eeyore wrote: powerampfreak wrote: Hi all. I had a shorted driver stage (MJE15032/33) in one of the channels which resulted a lot of open resistors in the output stage, Some components in the clip-detector circuit blew too. After replacing all the broken stuff, the channel operates, but with high frequency ringing superimposed on the fundamental sinewave. Does anyone have a specific tip for this failure? Some of the compensation capacitors gone bad? Thanks a lot for any advice! At all power levels ? Actually, I run it without the dummy load for initial testings, in order to operate the amp more safely.. until I get a decent output signal. Then I go for power tests. I think I drove the amp up to somewhere 30-40V rms and the high frequency oscillation is riding on top of my sinewave test signal. But at lower levels ? The OK channel doesn't behave like this, if anyone may think it's just because I've no dummyload connected. Besides, there seems to be different version of the M1400, since my schematic isn't exactly like the amp... Maybe anyone has a few schematics for this unit in PDF? Ooooh, I did at one time I think. I'll look. But anyway, do you know what I mean by the 'output zobel network' ? An RC series combination. The R should be of several watts rating. Do make sure that the R isn't burnt out (open). Graham- Dölj citerad text - - Visa citerad text - The Zobel network is all fine. Can you clarify whether you have tested and got these waveforms with a dummy load or not? You said earlier: "The OK channel doesn't behave like this, if anyone may think it's just because I've no dummyload connected". Gareth. |
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William Sommerwerck wrote: "Eeyore" wrote Do you know what I mean by the "output Zobel network"? A Zobel network is used for impedance compensation -- usually to make a circuit look more resistive. Which it needs to be to counter the effect of the output inductor or you'll wreck the phase stability of the amplifier. Graham |
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William Sommerwerck wrote: An amp with such a network at its output might very well be unusually load-sensitive. Every amp has one prior tot he output inductor. Graham |
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Meat Plow wrote: Besides, I can buy a 2000 watt amp brand new also made in China for around $300 US. I wouldn't expect it to work for very long. Graham |
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powerampfreak wrote: Hi all. I had a shorted driver stage (MJE15032/33) in one of the channels which resulted a lot of open resistors in the output stage, Some components in the clip-detector circuit blew too. After replacing all the broken stuff, the channel operates, but with high frequency ringing superimposed on the fundamental sinewave. Does anyone have a specific tip for this failure? Some of the compensation capacitors gone bad? Thanks a lot for any advice! http://fileshare.eshop.bg/downloadsm...20M-1400i.html No schematics though Here we go http://www.eserviceinfo.com/download...kie_M1400.html Graham |
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Which it needs to be to counter the effect of the output inductor
or you'll wreck the phase stability of the amplifier. It's the other way around, I believe. The inductor is there for a good reason. |
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William Sommerwerck wrote:
An amp with such a network at its output might very well be unusually load-sensitive. Every amp has one prior tot he output inductor. I will ask JC about this. |
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William Sommerwerck wrote: Which it needs to be to counter the effect of the output inductor or you'll wreck the phase stability of the amplifier. It's the other way around, I believe. The inductor is there for a good reason. They both are. I design power amps btw. Graham |
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William Sommerwerck wrote: William Sommerwerck wrote: An amp with such a network at its output might very well be unusually load-sensitive. Every amp has one prior tot he output inductor. I will ask JC about this. Who is JC and why would his opinion change the facts ? Grahama |
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Meat Plow wrote: Eeyore wrote: Meat Plow wrote: Besides, I can buy a 2000 watt amp brand new also made in China for around $300 US. I wouldn't expect it to work for very long. We've been using one for our 2x18 subs for several months with no problems. One of my designs has been sitting in the local venue for over TEN YEARS. One level pot went scratchy in that time and we also gave the heatsinks a blow-through. I pulled it apart to have a look and it's as well constructed as any other amp besides the high dollar brands. $300 doesn't buy you very much in the way of a power transformer or decent output devices and heatsinking + fans. I've heard of these amps in the UK. Not 'Warrior' brand is it ? They came with ten year warranties but the company only lasted about 18 months. Killed by the warranty claims. Graham |
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"Meat Plow" wrote in message ... On Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:52:31 -0700, William Sommerwerck wrote: "Eeyore" wrote in message ... Do you know what I mean by the "output Zobel network"? A Zobel network is used for impedance compensation -- usually to make a circuit look more resistive. An amp with such a network at its output might very well be unusually load-sensitive. I doubt it if as advertised it can "handle 2 ohms all night long". I wouldn't repair this amp for a "customer" and probably wouldn't waste my time on it for myself having been burned by Mackie in the past. Besides, I can buy a 2000 watt amp brand new also made in China for around $300 US. Someone brought me a used Crown Micro-Tech 1200 they wanted to sell for $400.00 US and even though I am a big fan of Crown especially that series I offered half that and they refused. I told them I can get 2000 watts into 4 ohms bridged for 300 bucks. I used a Micro-Tech 1000 for my bass guitar rig along with a BBE 383 bass preamp for 10 years worth of regular club and party gigs without ever a problem. Here's a picture of it along with 6 and a half feet of other gear I have in a rack. http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...c/CIMG0259.jpg Isn't using a vacuum cleaner as the rack cooling blower, a bit noisy ... ? :-) Arfa |
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Eeyore wrote:
Meat Plow wrote: Besides, I can buy a 2000 watt amp brand new also made in China for around $300 US. I wouldn't expect it to work for very long. Graham Seems to me that you have a problem with anything made in China. We all know that you get some crap made there but sometimes some good stuff comes from there. Most of my amps are British made (Matrix) but I have a couple of Chinese made amps, one Audiohead and the other T.amp brand from thomann.de which look like the same amp to me, both have been in service on the road for about 3 years now without trouble. You might also remember some time ago when I posted for help with a dead Studiomaster 700D. The fault turned out to be a bad power transformer which was not economical to replace even by substitution with off the shelf parts. That amp got replaced with another Chinese made T.amp from Thomann which has also given me no problems. -- Tim Phipps replace "invalid" with "uk" to reply by email |
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Eeyore wrote:
Meat Plow wrote: Besides, I can buy a 2000 watt amp brand new also made in China for around $300 US. I wouldn't expect it to work for very long. Graham Seems to me that you have a problem with anything made in China. We all know that you get some crap made there but sometimes some good stuff comes from there. Most of my amps are British made (Matrix) but I have a couple of Chinese made amps, one Audiohead and the other T.amp brand from thomann.de which look like the same amp to me, both have been in service on the road for about 3 years now without trouble. You might also remember some time ago when I posted for help with a dead Studiomaster 700D. The fault turned out to be a bad power transformer which was not economical to replace even by substitution with off the shelf parts. That amp got replaced with another Chinese made T.amp from Thomann which has also given me no problems. -- Tim Phipps replace "invalid" with "uk" to reply by email |
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Seems to me that you have a problem with anything made in China.
We all know that you get some crap made there but sometimes some good stuff comes from there. There is a difference between items made in China and designed in China. I have plenty of Chinese-manufactured items that are of high quality. I have many fewer that were _designed_ there. One is an iRiver H120 jukebox, which is of very high quality. |
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William Sommerwerck wrote: Seems to me that you have a problem with anything made in China. We all know that you get some crap made there but sometimes some good stuff comes from there. There is a difference between items made in China and designed in China. I have plenty of Chinese-manufactured items that are of high quality. I have many fewer that were _designed_ there. One is an iRiver H120 jukebox, which is of very high quality. Isn't iRiver Korean? We did some work with their products a while back, had a couple of their engineers over here, I'm pretty sure they weren't Chinese but I could be wrong. |
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Meat Plow wrote:
Do you remember looking at the 4-63 volt, 3300uf caps in your 700D? I just replaced the banana jack on mine and those 4 caps looked like the tops were puffed. I pulled the top off one and there is a convexed steel cap over the actual can under the heat shrink that makes these look domed. And they appear also to run pretty warm discoloring the white glue used to bond them to the pcb. The amp works fine otherwise and I've never had any problems with it. It was formerly used to power A/V sub-woofers and had been left on continuously for a couple years. Next trip to the electronics shop will probably yield a new set just for my piece of mind. I was beginning to think my posts were not making it out there until I saw your reply (Arfa was right about the Virgin Media news server being troublesome!) I don't remember looking closely but I don't think they were particularly domed. It was at least 2 years ago when it died. I do remember that everything looked very clean in there. The amp had an easy life in a church install but for some reason the power transformer got shorted on the primary thus blowing the mains fuse every time. Since it was a custom part I enquired with Toroid International about purchasing a replacement but it would have cost about £150 as I guess they were not making these in volume any more. When I saw that I could just replace the whole amp for the same money it was a no-brainer. -- Tim Phipps replace "invalid" with "uk" to reply by email |
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"James Sweet" wrote in message
news:wlq2k.697$kW2.156@trnddc01... William Sommerwerck wrote: There is a difference between items made in China and designed in China. I have plenty of Chinese-manufactured items that are of high quality. I have many fewer that were _designed_ there. One is an iRiver H120 jukebox, which is of very high quality. Isn't iRiver Korean? We did some work with their products a while back, had a couple of their engineers over here, I'm pretty sure they weren't Chinese but I could be wrong. Good point. I don't remember seeing any "country of design" on the literature. I just "assumed" it was a wholly Chinese product. If it's a Korean design, that would explain a lot of things. I'm hoping Toshiba will come out with a direct-replacement 100GB (or larger) vertical-recording hard drive. But I'm not holding my breath. By the way, there's an "open" group called RockBox that makes improved operating systems for many jukeboxes, including iRiver models. |
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On 7 Juni, 19:17, Meat Plow wrote:
On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:07:26 +0100, Tim Phipps wrote: Meat Plow wrote: Do you remember looking at the 4-63 volt, 3300uf caps in your 700D? I just replaced the banana jack on mine and those 4 caps looked like the tops were puffed. I pulled the top off one and there is a convexed steel cap over the actual can under the heat shrink that makes these look domed. And they appear also to run pretty warm discoloring the white glue used to bond them to the pcb. The amp works fine otherwise and I've never had any problems with it. It was formerly used to power A/V sub-woofers and had been left on continuously for a couple years. Next trip to the electronics shop will probably yield a new set just for my piece of mind. * I was beginning to think my posts were not making it out there until I saw your reply (Arfa was right about the Virgin Media news server being troublesome!) I don't remember looking closely but I don't think they were particularly domed. *It was at least 2 years ago when it died. *I do remember that everything looked very clean in there. *The amp had an easy life in a church install but for some reason the power transformer got shorted on the primary thus blowing the mains fuse every time. Since it was a custom part I enquired with Toroid International about purchasing a replacement but it would have cost about £150 as I guess they were not making these in volume any more. *When I saw that I could just replace the whole amp for the same money it was a no-brainer. One reason I like the 700D is that the cooling system is efficient and the fan had infinite control. It is as quiet as a mouse until you started to drive it. It also draws fresh air directly through the front through a foam cell filter and through a heat sink tunnel and doesn't expose the entire amp to forced air dust and other contaminates. Mine suffered a fall while in a rack which broke the A channel banana jack off or I wouldn't have ever noticed those 4 caps. They're not big enough physically to be for rail currents so they must serve some other purpose in the driver stage?? Here is a recent pic of my 700D in the rack that fell over. Lucky all the other equipment wasn't in the rack when it fell backwards. http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...c/CIMG0259.jpg Below the Crown amp is a rare Sound Code Systems 2350A MOS-FET amp someone gave me after they couldn't find anyone to repair it back in 1998. It needed a new set of outputs 2SK134/2SJ49 TO3 case that had been discontinued and unavailable at the time. I did find a set on the internet and repaired the amp successfully. It's been used on and off as a source for 18" subs in a tri-amped band PA setup since then without any problems. It too is a quiet amp having a similar cooling system to the 700D. It's heat sink includes a bristled radiator which is unique.- Dölj citerad text - - Visa citerad text - The Mackie amp was repaired. A tiny tiny pcb trace/via hole for one of the predrivers were open circuit. This happened probably when the drivers shorted. Now everything's OK! Regards |
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Tim Phipps wrote: Eeyore wrote: Meat Plow wrote: Besides, I can buy a 2000 watt amp brand new also made in China for around $300 US. I wouldn't expect it to work for very long. Seems to me that you have a problem with anything made in China. Not at all but the quality varies dramatically. I'm expecting to be going to Shanghai / Ningbo quite soon in fact. You might also remember some time ago when I posted for help with a dead Studiomaster 700D. The fault turned out to be a bad power transformer which was not economical to replace even by substitution with off the shelf parts. Only because our Indian sub-contractor had bankrupted the company. Those transformers were custom made by Toroid International which is a highly respected brand. I'm sorry you had that problem but it wasn't a design oversight for sure. Graham |
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William Sommerwerck wrote: Seems to me that you have a problem with anything made in China. We all know that you get some crap made there but sometimes some good stuff comes from there. There is a difference between items made in China and designed in China. I have plenty of Chinese-manufactured items that are of high quality. I have many fewer that were _designed_ there. One is an iRiver H120 jukebox, which is of very high quality. The work I've seen come out of Kwan Asia is second to none. Orient Power / Oritron is pretty good too. As you imply, few Chinese know how to design well though, and if you get a good relationship going they will freely admit this. I have met one good Chinese designer though, a chap called 'Tim' Lau. He co-developed the QSC RMX series with Pat Quilter AIUI. Graham |
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James Sweet wrote: William Sommerwerck wrote: Seems to me that you have a problem with anything made in China. We all know that you get some crap made there but sometimes some good stuff comes from there. There is a difference between items made in China and designed in China. I have plenty of Chinese-manufactured items that are of high quality. I have many fewer that were _designed_ there. One is an iRiver H120 jukebox, which is of very high quality. Isn't iRiver Korean? We did some work with their products a while back, had a couple of their engineers over here, I'm pretty sure they weren't Chinese but I could be wrong. A lot of Korean compnaies are moving their manufacturing to China. I could talk volumes about that and the troubles it caused. Graham |
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Meat Plow wrote: Tim Phipps wrote: Eeyore wrote: Meat Plow wrote: Besides, I can buy a 2000 watt amp brand new also made in China for around $300 US. I wouldn't expect it to work for very long. Seems to me that you have a problem with anything made in China. We all know that you get some crap made there but sometimes some good stuff comes from there. Most of my amps are British made (Matrix) but I have a couple of Chinese made amps, one Audiohead and the other T.amp brand from thomann.de which look like the same amp to me, both have been in service on the road for about 3 years now without trouble. You might also remember some time ago when I posted for help with a dead Studiomaster 700D. The fault turned out to be a bad power transformer which was not economical to replace even by substitution with off the shelf parts. That amp got replaced with another Chinese made T.amp from Thomann which has also given me no problems. Do you remember looking at the 4-63 volt, 3300uf caps in your 700D? I just replaced the banana jack on mine and those 4 caps looked like the tops were puffed. I pulled the top off one and there is a convexed steel cap Aluminium actually. over the actual can under the heat shrink that makes these look domed. And they appear also to run pretty warm discoloring the white glue used to bond them to the pcb. The amp works fine otherwise and I've never had any problems with it. It was formerly used to power A/V sub-woofers and had been left on continuously for a couple years. Next trip to the electronics shop will probably yield a new set just for my piece of mind. Given its age, I would recommend replacing them. NO amplifier PSU electrolytics last for ever. Do buy a decent brand. We used Sanwha which are great for the price but not widely available. A Panasonic is probably your best bet. Sub-woofers will give them more of a hammering than full-range too. Graham |
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Meat Plow wrote: One reason I like the 700D is that the cooling system is efficient and the fan had infinite control. It is as quiet as a mouse until you started to drive it. It also draws fresh air directly through the front through a foam cell filter and through a heat sink tunnel and doesn't expose the entire amp to forced air dust and other contaminates. I'm glad you appreciate the design considerations I put into it. Mine suffered a fall while in a rack which broke the A channel banana jack off or I wouldn't have ever noticed those 4 caps. They're not big enough physically to be for rail currents Oh yes they are ! Quite comfortably so in fact. Do you know how to do ripple current calculations ? These HE series show a ripple current rating of 2.5A each but that's @ 105C and they don't get that hot. http://www.rapidonline.com/productin...catRef=11-3149 so they must serve some other purpose in the driver stage?? No, those are the smaller ones nearby. Graham |
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"Tim Phipps" wrote in message news Meat Plow wrote: Do you remember looking at the 4-63 volt, 3300uf caps in your 700D? I just replaced the banana jack on mine and those 4 caps looked like the tops were puffed. I pulled the top off one and there is a convexed steel cap over the actual can under the heat shrink that makes these look domed. And they appear also to run pretty warm discoloring the white glue used to bond them to the pcb. The amp works fine otherwise and I've never had any problems with it. It was formerly used to power A/V sub-woofers and had been left on continuously for a couple years. Next trip to the electronics shop will probably yield a new set just for my piece of mind. I was beginning to think my posts were not making it out there until I saw your reply (Arfa was right about the Virgin Media news server being troublesome!) Seems a bit better now Tim, although there still seems to be periods of time when it is not accessible. It wasn't yesterday afternoon for a couple of hours. I was beginning to think that something had screwed up on my machine, but 'net access was ok, and the mail server was properly accessible. News server access just suddenly returned ( I had a news post pending in the outbox, and my machine will try to send it every 5 mins until it gets success). I can't remember ever having had similar issues with the original NTL server, which I had been on for many years since NTL were first cabling up the country. The problems only seem to have been occuring since they "migrated" I think was the word, to the 'new and better' Virgin Media binary news server. Is this the same sort of issues that you have been experiencing ? Arfa |
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"Eeyore" wrote in message ... Tim Phipps wrote: Eeyore wrote: Meat Plow wrote: Besides, I can buy a 2000 watt amp brand new also made in China for around $300 US. I wouldn't expect it to work for very long. Seems to me that you have a problem with anything made in China. Not at all but the quality varies dramatically. I'm expecting to be going to Shanghai / Ningbo quite soon in fact. You might also remember some time ago when I posted for help with a dead Studiomaster 700D. The fault turned out to be a bad power transformer which was not economical to replace even by substitution with off the shelf parts. Only because our Indian sub-contractor had bankrupted the company. Those transformers were custom made by Toroid International which is a highly respected brand. I'm sorry you had that problem but it wasn't a design oversight for sure. Graham Ah ... Studiomaster. I will remember that Graham, when I next get one in that's giving me some grief ... d;~} Arfa |
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Eeyore wrote:
Only because our Indian sub-contractor had bankrupted the company. Those transformers were custom made by Toroid International which is a highly respected brand. I'm sorry you had that problem but it wasn't a design oversight for sure. Graham I appreciate it wasn't a design issue just an unfortunate fault. I was impressed to get a direct reply from Toroid Int. who did offer to supply the part but the cost was prohibitive as it would have been a one off job. I don't know who is making these T.amps for Thomann but they seem to be pretty decent. I haven't opened mine to look but I've heard some say that they are copies of an old Crest design. -- Tim Phipps replace "invalid" with "uk" to reply by email |
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Arfa Daily wrote: "Eeyore" wrote Tim Phipps wrote: Eeyore wrote: Meat Plow wrote: Besides, I can buy a 2000 watt amp brand new also made in China for around $300 US. I wouldn't expect it to work for very long. Seems to me that you have a problem with anything made in China. Not at all but the quality varies dramatically. I'm expecting to be going to Shanghai / Ningbo quite soon in fact. You might also remember some time ago when I posted for help with a dead Studiomaster 700D. The fault turned out to be a bad power transformer which was not economical to replace even by substitution with off the shelf parts. Only because our Indian sub-contractor had bankrupted the company. Those transformers were custom made by Toroid International which is a highly respected brand. I'm sorry you had that problem but it wasn't a design oversight for sure. Ah ... Studiomaster. I will remember that Graham, when I next get one in that's giving me some grief ... d;~} Stop for a second to think how many tens of thousands were made and how few you see. I just bought a 700D on ebay btw for a club install that's going 3 way active (for the HF drivers). You can see I do have confidence in my own products. And you can always email me for repair tips. Graham |
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Tim Phipps wrote: Eeyore wrote: Only because our Indian sub-contractor had bankrupted the company. Those transformers were custom made by Toroid International which is a highly respected brand. I'm sorry you had that problem but it wasn't a design oversight for sure. I appreciate it wasn't a design issue just an unfortunate fault. I was impressed to get a direct reply from Toroid Int. who did offer to supply the part but the cost was prohibitive as it would have been a one off job. It's a real shame about that. There was a repair oufit in Liverpool that had a small supply of the TXs but they're long gone now. I don't know who is making these T.amps for Thomann but they seem to be pretty decent. I've seen those. Maybe I'll get to find out who it is. I haven't opened mine to look but I've heard some say that they are copies of an old Crest design. I doubt that on account of the fact that Crests are massively overengineered as a rule (nhence expensive to build). Far more likely another QSC ripoff. If the output transistors' collectors are grounded it's almost a dead cert. Graham |
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Eeyore wrote:
I don't know who is making these T.amps for Thomann but they seem to be pretty decent. I've seen those. Maybe I'll get to find out who it is. I haven't opened mine to look but I've heard some say that they are copies of an old Crest design. I doubt that on account of the fact that Crests are massively overengineered as a rule (nhence expensive to build). Far more likely another QSC ripoff. If the output transistors' collectors are grounded it's almost a dead cert. Graham FYI it's these ones I'm talking about. I've also seen them branded as Audiohead and C-mark. http://www.thomann.de/gb/t-amp_ta2400.htm -- Tim Phipps replace "invalid" with "uk" to reply by email |
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Tim Phipps wrote: Eeyore wrote: I don't know who is making these T.amps for Thomann but they seem to be pretty decent. I've seen those. Maybe I'll get to find out who it is. I haven't opened mine to look but I've heard some say that they are copies of an old Crest design. I doubt that on account of the fact that Crests are massively overengineered as a rule (nhence expensive to build). Far more likely another QSC ripoff. If the output transistors' collectors are grounded it's almost a dead cert. FYI it's these ones I'm talking about. I've also seen them branded as Audiohead and C-mark. http://www.thomann.de/gb/t-amp_ta2400.htm I know very well the ones you mean but from an external visual I can tell nothing. Graham |
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