Trace Elliot 1215 - 2006 version service manual request

[ahseng]

Hello again, after knowing that RS no longer stock the power amp module SDV1025-600 @£50. I've got in touch with EcoTec which makes both the SDV1025-600 PCB assembly and SDV1061-600 PCB with power transformer assembly. I was trying to get a quote for each SDV1061-600 and SDV1056-600 and find out whether anyone under their network chain has them(if direct purchase isn't allowed). Their reply was the SDV1061-600 was only made for Trace Elliot and the minimum order for it is 200 unit with lead time of 4 month. The SDV1056-600 is pending redesign until 2020. No dealers stocking any of the two.

Without a price to go with I may have to safe guess the SDV1061-600 could be at least @£750 a piece excluding shipping. I will try to check voltage rails if not fix the 1215 as advised by kind friends here but I'm also looking forward to raising the white flag in a week or two. I think I'll be happier ridding this amp out the door.lol

Thank you to fellow forumers for all the valueable info given here. Without them, I wouldn't know where to start or who to reach. Appreciate all the support. Keep up the good work.

Thank you

[J M Fahey]

Just as Plan B , and since you can´t get the original module, you might junk the whole of it and put a new one inside that cabinet.

Say an ICE Power module or equivalent.
These get straight mains voltage in, can drive a speaker to thunderous levels, for all practical means 450W is as loud as 600W, and they supply auxiliary voltage (think +/-25V or so) for preamps and auxiliary circuits , including fan. (you might have to replace original with a 24V one, no big deal.

Latest trend and for major Manufacturers (Fender/G&K/TC Electronics/Kustom/etc.) is to design just their own preamp, to provide own signature sound and features, and mount it inside a case together with "some" Power amp + supply module, which are "supposed" to sound "all the same".

Which to a point makes many complex amps "repairable" by full substitution.

You are limited by available internal space, of course.

Please post a couple gut pictures.

In theory "it won´t be a Trace any more" ; in practice it will sound the same, and power will be equivalent, within 1 dB or so.

One of our fine Forum members replaced a dead Acoustic head power amp with an "E Bay" Class D module ... it worked like a charm.

[glebert]

Just as Plan B , and since you can´t get the original module, you might junk the whole of it and put a new one inside that cabinet.

Say an ICE Power module or equivalent.
These get straight mains voltage in, can drive a speaker to thunderous levels, for all practical means 450W is as loud as 600W, and they supply auxiliary voltage (think +/-25V or so) for preamps and auxiliary circuits , including fan. (you might have to replace original with a 24V one, no big deal.

The ICEpower modules with power supplies do +/- 12V for preamp circuits and also have high voltage rails to add on additional power amp channels.

[glebert]

Seems like there is an opportunity for someone to get proficient at repairing these AC019/SDV1025 modules. I know there is someone on Ebay that does a repair service for Trace Elliot Bipolar Bear output modules.