[wilse]

Hi-
 
A couple years ago, I ordered a amp/dac unit from MisterX, here on the head-fi forums.  The unit had a Gamma Lite DAC and a Mini3 amp, and it has been awesome!!
 
But, last winter I broke it.  Here's what happened: I was wearing a comfy blanket while listening to music with my headphones. The blanket must have built up a good amount of static charge, because I felt a shock through my left ear (ouch!) into (or from?) the headphones.  There was a "pop!" noise, and the music immediately sounded like total garbage after that.  No volume, muddy, awful.  The headphones weren't broken - they work fine on other sources.  The DAC wasn't affected, as the non-amped speaker out from the DAC works fine.  So, something got messed up in the amp.
 
Does anyone have any thoughts as to what might have gotten broken, how I could possibly diagnose the problem, and possibly fix it?  I absolutely love this little unit, and would really like to get it fixed up. 
 
old picture, but you get the idea:

 

[bcg27]

First step would be to open it up and look for obvious signs of damage. Pics would be good too. Do you have any tools like a multimeter or soldering iron?
 
You might want to post this on amb's forums as well, smaller chance it gets lost in the noise like here

 

[wilse]

I'll do that after work tonight - thanks very much!