Little Dot MK III Failure - HELP
Jan 30, 2014 at 9:06 PM Thread Starter Post #1 of 12
JuanGalicia

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Hello, so I ordered a Little Dot MK III headphone amp from amazon and it arrived from Shenzhen today, took about a month to get here and well I followed the instructions and it worked for ... 5 minutes before a loud noise started sounding then almost immediately there was  a bang and a ton of (very thick) smoke came from the unit.. i turned it off immediately but yeah .. it doenst look good... also there´s liquid coming out from it.
 
I made the thread because they only sent a user´s manual and there is no warranty inside or anything that points me in any direction for when this sort of thing happens.. does anyone know who do I have to contact to get this fixed?.
 
Thank you. 
 
Jan 30, 2014 at 10:02 PM Post #2 of 12
Yikes. 

I would email little.tube@gmail.com -- this is the email address of David, the owner of the company. I've spoken with him before and he is a nice guy. 
 
Jan 30, 2014 at 11:33 PM Post #4 of 12
No, the Voltage at my home is 110 v so even so there shouldnt have been an issue, that being said I find it curious you say that, there is no mention of a switch on the user´s manual that came with my unit, and i dont´ see such a switch on the unit.
 
Do you have a previous model? Because mine doesnt seem to have that unless its inside the casing and they just forgot to say that in the manual
 
Jan 30, 2014 at 11:37 PM Post #6 of 12
billybob_jcv said:
Sounds like a big capacitor let go. Just by chance, did you verify the 110/220v switch was in the right position before plugging it in?
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+1
 
 And probably too late but be careful with the liquid that spilled out.  It's very unfortunate but these things -rarely- sometimes happen.  Contact the company, hope it won't be a major pain to ship it out/get a new one in. 
 
Jan 30, 2014 at 11:43 PM Post #7 of 12
xenophon said:
  +1
 
 And probably too late but be careful with the liquid that spilled out.  It's very unfortunate but these things -rarely- sometimes happen.  Contact the company, hope it won't be a major pain to ship it out/get a new one in. 
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Yeah it just had to happen to me hahaha. I dont know it cost so much to even bring it down here ( Mexico) that I'm afraid I wont be able to afford to ship it back any time soon , but hope i'm wrong.
 
Also yes that liquid.. christ it made me really dizzy earlier, I took the unit out of the room just in case, but yeah i wont be touching that thing much.
 
Jan 30, 2014 at 11:47 PM Post #9 of 12
billybob_jcv said:
Actually - I don't know whether the amp has such a switch - I just thought it might.
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Nah mine doesnt, the only switch they talk about is one you change depending on the kind of headphone you´ll be using ( high impedance vs low) , but I just don´t see anything to point out that it can´t handle the voltage in my home, it actually says it should handle 110v and thats what I have, so I'm just thinking its  a manufacturing problem, just hope I can get it fixed / replaced soon.
 
Feb 3, 2014 at 2:36 PM Post #11 of 12
manbear said:
  Yikes. 

I would email little.tube@gmail.com -- this is the email address of David, the owner of the company. I've spoken with him before and he is a nice guy. 
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Hey there, I was just wondering how long I should wait to get a response from David, havent gotten a response yet, altho I guess this could be an issue when the owner is the only person responding.
 
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