My amp is starting to loose the right channel with my portable ipod/xxs setup. Since new the xxs has been velcro'd to the ipod which has put constant stress on the jacks as the ipod-lineout/xxs-linein cable wants to bend straight. I have to wiggle the cables in the opposite direction to the curve to get the channel back.

Has anyone else had this issue? How did you fix it?

Sounds like your line in/out is too short??? If you have to wiggle it in the opposite direction.. My lod is long enough that there is 0 stress on any point.

I'm using a Paliccs iPod line out and MS-1's. I can't see how they would be too short?

The actual circuit board has stepped back a bit from the face of the amp allowing it about 1mm of play (quite a bit). I'll have to take the face off the amp and push the CB back into place. The jacks are ok, its just the board has slid back a bit I think. I don't know how it has slid back.

I'll have to wait to get home to operate..

.. and yes the bass in the XXS kicks arse. Songs with a 5 string bass guitar you can noticeably feel your ears/head shaking.

Sounds similar to the problems I had with my 2move amp. The battery was too short and therefore there was no good contact on the front jacks. I had a bunch of duracell's around I didn't want to go to waste. I always had to put a piece of velcro to the back of the battery to make it long enough to make contact. With the padding on the battery the little dial was much harder to turn instead of moving so freely. Prior to that, I would have alot of cutting out in my headphones.

I have that as well, and Jan said that you need to trim a bit off the front of the PCB for a flush fit.

I personally am not willing to do that kind of thing to my XXS, so I just live with it.

Exactly why I went the route I did. The extra length on the battery/tighter battery door made the board move slightly forward and therefore no more problem. I would never try to cut the board either.

Lol yeah I've had the battery issue too but this is a separate issue. I've managed to push the PCB closer to the faceplate which has reduced the play in the volume knob quite a bit, but is still has a fair wobble to it. I think maybe the jack internals are dirty and its only making a connection on one half of the cylinder. Would contact cleaner be the stuff to use to clean out the jacks or will it react with anything?

I'm 800km from home so I'll have to wait a while before I can Dr Fixit. sigh

Also, make sure that the jacks are firmly coldered onto teh board. Jacks can become loose just because of faily use.