TecAmp Drivers??

[Standalone]

yeah, so I sure did something to my M212. Haven't started taking it apart to isolate the issue, but I had the master up on one of my GK's and met with a good old vintage crackle in the pot as I adjusted the gain.

That nice smell of magic smoke started coming off the cab a minute or two later... checked a few days later with another amp. Same thing. Something is fricaseed.

I bought it used for peanuts, so it's no great tragedy. Near as I can tell, there is none of that blown driver buzz-on-the-decay-of-the-note that I've heard with other drivers that are done. Hoping it's just the x-over, which I'd be happy bypassing; not a tweeter guy.

But I wanted to see what people knew about the drivers before I get to tinkering, since it certainly could be them. Are they proprietary? Custom Eminences? Or off-the-shelf drivers?

Yes, I know that I could ask the company, but I haven't been in a German class since I was zwolf jahre alt.

[cnltb]

Originally Posted by Standalone

yeah, so I sure did something to my M212. Haven't started taking it apart to isolate the issue, but I had the master up on one of my GK's and met with a good old vintage crackle in the pot as I adjusted the gain.

That nice smell of magic smoke started coming off the cab a minute or two later... checked a few days later with another amp. Same thing. Something is fricaseed.

I bought it used for peanuts, so it's no great tragedy. Near as I can tell, there is none of that blown driver buzz-on-the-decay-of-the-note that I've heard with other drivers that are done. Hoping it's just the x-over, which I'd be happy bypassing; not a tweeter guy.

But I wanted to see what people knew about the drivers before I get to tinkering, since it certainly could be them. Are they proprietary? Custom Eminences? Or off-the-shelf drivers?

Yes, I know that I could ask the company, but I haven't been in a German class since I was zwolf jahre alt.

it should be "zwölf"...not"zwolf".

I'm sure they speak english.

[speyer]

Contact Glenn at Austin bass traders... he's the man! And they are the only Tecamp warranty/repair guys in the US I think. Good luck!

[JimWasHere]

I wonder if you fried the crossover?

[Standalone]

I really think/hope it was the x-over. I mean, it was already damaged (maybe the knob was removed intentionally?) and it is a very complicated x-over.

The cab is in well-used gigged-hard condition, though. And divers in old cabs are always suspect.

Amazing cab, though.