Capacitor on 14U and 15U Smoking

[NightFlight]

Good news. Asked my grandfather if I could borrow his nice Craftsmen meter and I passed all the checks. Bad news is when I put my HD800 in I can't put it in all the way or I don't hear anything. I have to put the headphone jack in almost all the way to get stereo sound. I believe my TRS jack is bad on the crack.

Opinions or perhaps I'm wrong?

Thanks,

Tom

Smoke... and your eager to stick those 800's in eh? Very brave... First line of business is to get yourself a cheapie set... and a 1/4" adapter if you need it.

[clamhost]

Once I soldered the new headphone jack the amp works. It sounds good.

-Thomas

PS: When I remove my headphone jack from the amp the metal plate comes up and knocks down. Is there a way to secure the plate to the wood base?

[Paul Joppa]

You can use glue; I'd go with real silicone caulk as it is highly heat-resistent.

But you know the base is not that heavy. You would likely just pull it up along with the amp.

Easiest is to put down your "adult beverage of choice" (mine is usually gin in some form) and use your other hand to hold the chassis down.

Ultimate is to make a base out of lead or depleted uranium.

Yes I seem to have an April 1st hangover. I blame it on the gin. :^)

[STURMJ]

IMO silicone calking is the way to go.  If you need/want to do some mods, you can still push the top plate off the base, rub off the calking and re-glue the top to re secure it. ( and if you're careful you probably won't ever break anything)