audio amateur
02-02-2009, 05:45 AM
I think I get the crown for this month.
On saturday I recieved my recently purchased Merlin interconnects, and eager to get them going, I proceeded to unplug my DAC and Trends amp and make a little room on my desk where they both are. I then proceeded to hook everything back up, only i plugged in the DACs 24v PS into the Trends amplifer (same input). Needless to say the Trends is rated for 12v input and I managed to fry the Tripath TA2024 power chip inside! :yikes:
At first the blu LED wasn't very bright and then the light dissapeared. It made stange crackling noises too (the speakers did). I then checked the PS ratings and realised what i'd done. I wanted to look inside the amp before turning it on againwith the correct PS. It was easy to see that the chip had taken a hit. I was a little disguted..
In the meantime i've ordered a Cambridge Audio 340a off ebay and things should be rolling again by the end of the week, hopefully.. I've contacted a guy in china who claims to have access to Tripath chips, Iv'ejust ordered a few hoping to have the beloved Trends fixed one day.
That's my story for the month:yesnod:
On saturday I recieved my recently purchased Merlin interconnects, and eager to get them going, I proceeded to unplug my DAC and Trends amp and make a little room on my desk where they both are. I then proceeded to hook everything back up, only i plugged in the DACs 24v PS into the Trends amplifer (same input). Needless to say the Trends is rated for 12v input and I managed to fry the Tripath TA2024 power chip inside! :yikes:
At first the blu LED wasn't very bright and then the light dissapeared. It made stange crackling noises too (the speakers did). I then checked the PS ratings and realised what i'd done. I wanted to look inside the amp before turning it on againwith the correct PS. It was easy to see that the chip had taken a hit. I was a little disguted..
In the meantime i've ordered a Cambridge Audio 340a off ebay and things should be rolling again by the end of the week, hopefully.. I've contacted a guy in china who claims to have access to Tripath chips, Iv'ejust ordered a few hoping to have the beloved Trends fixed one day.
That's my story for the month:yesnod: