I did post the crux of this on the turntable forum a little while ago but it seems my problem has become rather more serious and wanted to ask a couple of questions
equipment is as follows - rotel RA 1570 amp (new about 6 months ago), B&D cm8s (bought second hand) and AR legend turntable (an old record player from the 80s I think)
So I was taking a record off of the platter, felt a bit of static (not massively more than sometimes happens with new records), heard a loud distorted noise and my amp turned itself off. I turned it back on and again it turned itself off but this time I noticed that it said amp protection on the display.
i initially thought my turntable might have died (it still may well be dead) but more seriously, once the amp had cooled down I turned it back on again (as instructed by the manual) and after a couple of minutes noticed a burning smell coming from the right hand side of the amp. This obviously scared me a bit so I turned everything off and unplugged it all and called Camden superfi to attempt to arrange getting the amp fixed.
Sorry for for all the context but apart from being a bit distraught at being unable to listen to music for sometime whilst the amp is being fixed (not to mention how much it might cost) I'm wondering if anyone would have any idea what might have caused this? Unsure if it could/would be the record player that did it or just a coincidence? The other big thing that worries me (which I can't test) is whether the speakers could be damaged/blown? Is this likely?
sorry for such a long post but struggled to find much by googling around......
equipment is as follows - rotel RA 1570 amp (new about 6 months ago), B&D cm8s (bought second hand) and AR legend turntable (an old record player from the 80s I think)
So I was taking a record off of the platter, felt a bit of static (not massively more than sometimes happens with new records), heard a loud distorted noise and my amp turned itself off. I turned it back on and again it turned itself off but this time I noticed that it said amp protection on the display.
i initially thought my turntable might have died (it still may well be dead) but more seriously, once the amp had cooled down I turned it back on again (as instructed by the manual) and after a couple of minutes noticed a burning smell coming from the right hand side of the amp. This obviously scared me a bit so I turned everything off and unplugged it all and called Camden superfi to attempt to arrange getting the amp fixed.
Sorry for for all the context but apart from being a bit distraught at being unable to listen to music for sometime whilst the amp is being fixed (not to mention how much it might cost) I'm wondering if anyone would have any idea what might have caused this? Unsure if it could/would be the record player that did it or just a coincidence? The other big thing that worries me (which I can't test) is whether the speakers could be damaged/blown? Is this likely?
sorry for such a long post but struggled to find much by googling around......