What did I do (again..)

[Steve K]

I was playing some music through my Carver 100 watt amp, not loud at
all. The sound coming from the source (camcorder recording of a live
band) was rather distorted, and I seem to have injured the amp.

Now I can't get any volume out of it. I get sound, but only about 15%,
and when I turn it all the way up maybe 20%. It's just is no where near
where it used to be. Fuse is fine.

Did I blow it with that distorted sound running through it?

As you can see I'm no audio pro!

Thanks
Steve

[Paul Stamler]

Steve K > wrote in message
...
> I was playing some music through my Carver 100 watt amp, not loud at
> all. The sound coming from the source (camcorder recording of a live
> band) was rather distorted, and I seem to have injured the amp.
>
> Now I can't get any volume out of it. I get sound, but only about 15%,
> and when I turn it all the way up maybe 20%. It's just is no where near
> where it used to be. Fuse is fine.
>
> Did I blow it with that distorted sound running through it?

Probably not; the amp likely just chose that moment to blow something.
Unless you're pushing something very hard, like clipping constantly, the
distorted or non-distorted nature of the original signal makes no
difference. Otherwise no one could play Jimi Hendrix records at any volume.

Peace,
Paul

[Scott Dorsey]

Steve K > wrote:
>I was playing some music through my Carver 100 watt amp, not loud at
>all. The sound coming from the source (camcorder recording of a live
>band) was rather distorted, and I seem to have injured the amp.
>
>Now I can't get any volume out of it. I get sound, but only about 15%,
>and when I turn it all the way up maybe 20%. It's just is no where near
>where it used to be. Fuse is fine.
>
>Did I blow it with that distorted sound running through it?

Maybe. The trick supplies on those things might have some problems with
weird waveforms. And they are no fun to repair either, although I would
think something like this wouldn't be too hard to track down. If it is
common to both channels, it's almost certainly a supply or some of the
goofy rail switching stuff.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[Carey Carlan]

Steve K > wrote in news:smk17-
:

> I was playing some music through my Carver 100 watt amp, not loud at
> all. The sound coming from the source (camcorder recording of a live
> band) was rather distorted, and I seem to have injured the amp.
>
> Now I can't get any volume out of it. I get sound, but only about 15%,
> and when I turn it all the way up maybe 20%. It's just is no where near
> where it used to be. Fuse is fine.
>
> Did I blow it with that distorted sound running through it?

Before you assume the amp is dead, check your cables and connections.

It's much more common to mess up the gozintas and gozoutas.

[ulysses]

Steve K > wrote:
>I was playing some music through my Carver 100 watt amp, not loud at
>all. The sound coming from the source (camcorder recording of a live
>band) was rather distorted, and I seem to have injured the amp.
>
>Now I can't get any volume out of it. I get sound, but only about 15%,
>and when I turn it all the way up maybe 20%. It's just is no where near
>where it used to be. Fuse is fine.
>
>Did I blow it with that distorted sound running through it?
>
>As you can see I'm no audio pro!


I bet the sound from the camcorder wasn't as distorted as you thought. The amp
was in the middle of crapping out from causes unrelated to the sound going into
it at that moment, and before it crapped itself down to a tiny portion of its
original volume, it produced some distortion at full volume. There are all
kinds of things that might cause something like this to happen. You could
bring your amp in for repair, but it might be cheaper to just go buy a new amp.
Get a Hafler P1500. You'll be happy with the price and the sound.

ulysses