[clarinetman]

Just now I opened up my M-Stage to do some chip rolling, as I just purchased new chips to do this with. I decided to try out one of the mono channel ones, the TL071, figuring that even though I didn't have the adapter, I could still listen from one channel. Wrong. I took my FAVORITE headphones, my SM3, and plugged them into the amp with music playing. I heard nothing but some crackling. Just as I looked to see if the volume was up on the software, I felt my ears getting warm. Very warm. Not even stopping to think anything was wrong, I played around with the amp wondering what the issue was for another half a minute, when my hears started getting HOT. I flipped, turned the amp off, and pulled the earphones out... To my immense joy, when I tried listening to them from my J3, the left channel was practically dead. I don't know if the warranty even covers for this. As you can imagine, I'm PISSED... But I just want to know what it is that I did wrong. I figure I put the chip in right, since it wasn't smoking or anything, nor was the amp particularly hot. Just my headphones. Does it have something to do with the fact that the chips are JFET?

 

[grokit]

Who the hell knows; delete this thread immediately and send your SM3 in for warranty repair, they are obviously defective. And don't do whatever you did ever again.

 

[clarinetman]

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Who the hell knows; delete this thread immediately and send your SM3 in for warranty repair, they are obviously defective. And don't do whatever you did ever again.

That's a good idea... Still want to know though.
 
You make it sound like I did something wrong by posting this. Hopefully not.

 

[goodvibes]

You sent them a good dose of DC and melted the windings in the armatures. User error. If they examine them closely, they shouldn't get covered as it will be obvious that it was a sustained overdrive but you never know. They may just take care of it.

 

[dcpoor]

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Who the hell knows; delete this thread immediately and send your SM3 in for warranty repair, they are obviously defective. And don't do whatever you did ever again.

Quoted for dishonesty.

 

[rawrster]

The first question is why would you put in a mono opamp when it's supposed to be dual. It does seem like you fried your drivers from too much current from the amp you connected them with.

 

[clarinetman]

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The first question is why would you put in a mono opamp when it's supposed to be dual. It does seem like you fried your drivers from too much current from the amp you connected them with.

Because I'm an idiot, clearly. I guess I figured I would still be able to listen to it on some level, if just from one channel, or something. This was a stupid thread to post, I agree with grokit. Obviously I destroyed the drivers.
 
Mods, feel free to delete this mindless rant.
 

 

[grokit]

 
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Who the hell knows; delete this thread immediately and send your SM3 in for warranty repair, they are obviously defective. And don't do whatever you did ever again.

Quoted for dishonesty.

That's quite the sense of humor you have there, dcpoor 

 

[MaxwellDemon]

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Who the hell knows; delete this thread immediately and send your SM3 in for warranty repair, they are obviously defective. And don't do whatever you did ever again.

rofl.
 
Yeah, follow this advice. Best advice given.
 
No sarcasm at all, by the way.

 

[Uncle Erik]

Sounds like you had a run-in with DC offset.

I won't delete this thread. You get to be a negative example. If anything, maybe some others can learn why it's not a good idea to start changing things around without considering the consequences. It would be wise to ask in the DIY Forum before doing something like this.

 

[Sil3nce]

That is absolutely dreadful

 

[njones0100]

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Who the hell knows; delete this thread immediately and send your SM3 in for warranty repair, they are obviously defective. And don't do whatever you did ever again.

Oh, man. That's funny. I lol'd and woke up my girlfriend. 

 
Sucks for the OP though. Killing $400 headphones would be quite a traumatic experience, I imagine.