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RE: Please help

I suspect one of two things happened.....

1. The phone's output sent DC (offset) into the integrated amp, and then something in the amplifier ultimately failed, sending nasty DC (not related to the phone signal) to the speakers, frying the voice coils ("seized").

2. The phone's output put out excessive RF (leaking from the digital circuitry) into the amp, and some transistors (especially FETs) are known to fry if excessive RF is present in the signal. (I think the SimAudio MOON I-3 is a solid state integrated amp. I recall stories like this with early CD players driving solid state amplification.)

Or maybe a combination of the two.........

A cell phone is not really made to be used as a source component on a high-end audio system......


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  • RE: Please help - Todd Krieger 21:53:29 01/19/17 (0)

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