Keyboard amp for Voice and Fiddle?

[Joe Bee]

You wouldn't have had much fun fixing THAT anyway. A very small package with a lot of functionality and power; I bet the guts look just like those of a mobile phone with SMD components all over the place.
It probably wont have a power transformer but rather a switch mode power supply, and the class D power amp is basically also a high frequency switch mode converter.

As to what might have been wrong with the box, I think the fault could have been pretty much anywhere, tripping a crowbar or some power good error amplifier, and therefore switching off the main power supply. Debugging would be virtually impossible without a lot of equipment and experience.

[Enzo]

I would not be so fast to label this a MAckie QC issue. This is one unit that was shipped to Alaska - about as far as it can go. WHo knows what it went through getting there. I am not going to assume all Mackies are going to fail because one does. Even the Rolls Royce dealer has a service department.

items marked BLEM generally refer to cosmetics. It it had an electronic problem that was repaired, it would be tagged refurbished. Doesn't matter, it is warranted either way.

DEAD units are usuaslly the easiest to repair. It is mostly simple stuff. Yours may be anything, but I'd be beting on a broken connrection, loose wire, that sort of thing.

[Rigormortis]

Wow!

Well, I guess it's a far cry from the amp kit I put together in 8th Grade!

(I inherited that kit and just started soldering it together one day out of curiosity, not knowing even what it would come to. I had so much fun doing it--really heavy transfomer and big tubes--but I somehow lost a capacitor and couldn't find one in my little town. Everything else was complete, but the missing cap made it unusable. Lots of fun though, and I got really good at soldering. I've wanted another kit like that, but now anything of that quality is going to come from Weber or someone and cost $.)


I went into the Mackie as far as I felt comfortable, feeling it was just as Enzo said, a loose connection or something I could spot. But alas!

The new one should be here soon. I'll keep you guys posted.

[Rigormortis]

The new Mackie finally came.

They sent it about three times before they actually got it right. Long story. I guess they had a hard time understanding what I meant when I told them "No trucks come here."

Anyway, the little Mackie is pretty good. It's not very loud, but the voice and fiddle come through really cleanly and bright.

Thanks for all your advice, guys!

And I'm getting this live amplified sound thing down now. Not so much flinching from the audience any more.

[Enzo]

And experience is the best teacher. Once you get the hang of it and get used to using it, then you wil come to know better just what you need and don't need, and will be much better equipped for any future gear purchases.