Re: Vox mini 3 amp

Okay, final update, honest.

I thought I'd fixed the problem but it came back, here's the permanent solution.
The key to understanding was knowing that the h/phone output is before the power amp stage. Thanks to MidiBob and others.

[B]Symptom[/B] - sound can be heard via the headphone socket but nothing from the speaker.

[B]Tests[/B] [LIST=1][*]Speaker tests ok using another source (speaker disconnected from mini 3 & hot wired onto another device).[*]With speaker disconnected & all power removed, measure...

Re: Vox mini 3 amp

Thanks to the contributors on this thread. Your suggestions have helped me out.

Just wanted to add my experience on these amps as the solution was different even with the same symptoms.

I just bought a job lot of amps including two mini 3's listed with the headphones OK but no speaker problem. I had anticipated finding the problem to be the power amps same as everyone else but when tested, I found resistance of 130K on both cables and on both amps so I looked elsewhere.
The headphone socket must have some means of cutting...