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Postby Todzilla » Sat Dec 24, 2011 8:48 am

After a year of flawless performance, one of my two A12s is distorting. It's bad enough so I can't record with it, but not super distorted.

Gain seems identical to good A12.
Problem doesn't follow Op Amps, cables or mics.

What should I start measuring?
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Postby tpryan » Wed Dec 28, 2011 1:06 pm

Verify power supply voltages.

Re-flow solder joints.
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Postby Todzilla » Wed Dec 28, 2011 1:30 pm

Will do, but clarification: ALL solder joints?
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Postby Todzilla » Mon Feb 20, 2012 5:50 pm

Don't know how/why, but the distortion stopped occuring and the unit is working well now.

I'm suspecting a bad cable I didn't thoroughly vet. Bad boy! No biscuit.
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Postby Karl » Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:18 pm

prolly sumthin in yer chain was bad. I've had (4) A12's (as well as 4 N72 and 2 C84) for a long time now and they work flawlessly day after day after day.
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