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Re: DT-50 won't power on

support@line6.com — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:06:07 GMT

Alas my DT50 has the problem where voicing 1 and 3 have completely dissapeared while 2 & 4 are fine. Does anyone have a schematic for this amp they could send me?

I live in the wilderness and while I have a great liscensed tech nearby who can fix anything, the freight to the nearest Line6 service center will kill me on costs.

Re: DT-50 won't power on

support@line6.com — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:00:01 GMT

Did the one thing you’re not supposed to!

DT50 Head

I ran both 8ohm outs(16ohm L/R) going into two 8 ohm cabs. Forgot that I had to send the 4 ohm (8 ohm L/R) outputs to the cabs and I burned something out. If I understand correctly, that lower ohms on the speakers draw more power from the amp, and if I have lets way 16ohm outputs going into 8 ohm speakers that will cause damage. I’m guessing my stupid mistake burned out the output transformer. Does anyone have any information on replacement parts and their cost for the DT50 head? Or any other useful info for the future.

Re: DT-50 won't power on

support@line6.com — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:13:54 GMT

I wonder if Yorkville will replace the transformer with one from a different manufacturer? That would be interesting...

So sorry that you've ended up with the worst case scenario, whiteop. Four blown transformers is ridiculous and a real horror story for present and potential DT owners. I really hope Line 6 is paying attention--this is an opportunity for them to act decisively and emerge the heroes... or, at least, save some face...

Re: DT-50 won't power on

support@line6.com — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:05:56 GMT

Well the DT series of amps have proven problems and they are not repairing them properly. I see lawsuits from several angles arising from it if they don't fix the problem; a lawsuit is just one call away and when the cause is justified it can get ugly; very ugly from a PR perspective. I hope they do the right thing otherwise sales might get affected.

Re: DT-50 won't power on

support@line6.com — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 23:57:37 GMT

I also live in Canada and am dealing with the notorious blown transformer issue. You'd better hope that your Line 6 gear doesn't fail right now, because Line 6 is in the middle of changing distributors/service centres in Canada... which has caused my local store no end of headaches in trying to get my DT50 serviced. Believe it or not, YORKVILLE is now trying to fix it!!! What a mess.

Re: DT-50 won't power on

support@line6.com — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 23:20:29 GMT

Received my amp back from repair this Saturday after it's 3rd repair from a blown transformer. Plugged it in and it worked Saturday night and played it for about 30 mins. Tried to turn it on and it was DEAD this morning. Wouldn't power on. Went own the standard list; checked power cord to see if plugged in, all tubes glowing, speaker plugged in, the regular; completely dead again; looks like ANOTHER BLOWN TRANSFORMER. This will make the 4th time. Mind you I am powering up and down using the Standby switch and also have played a Fender and Rivera amp on the same circuit for 6 years without ANY problems whatsoever. No doubt it's the amp. To top it off I received the amp back from repair with one of the screws on top just about halfway unscrewed and evidence that the screws had all been tightened by a drill because part of the paint was chipped off AND there was a dint on the front facing of the amp that wasn't there before as though the amp fell over and struck the edge of his desk while he was working on it.

I have never ever had so many problems with another amp.

My advice: if you buy the DT-50 be prepared for it to eventually be a $1300 - $1400 paperweight because they are replacing the power transformers with the very same power transformers that blew in the first place. An extended warranty will only carry you so far but in the end your amp will be useless. I am very disappointed in this amp and am going to voice my experience with upper management at GC to see if they will discontinue carrying it.

Re: DT-50 won't power on

support@line6.com — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 16:50:36 GMT

Interesting thread. I have a DT25 head/cab and "so far" no problemos. I do however use an AVR .... which has become religion for me. I also have a SV212 which I was "thinking of selling" however, after reading so many posts about these DT Xformers going south, I am going to keep the SV as a backup.

Having said all this .... I still think this is a killer amp ... but then, what good is a killer amp if it keeps breaking down?

Skryulak ... I am here in Canader also .... curious ... how did you make out with your repair?

Re: DT-50 won't power on

support@line6.com — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:30:38 GMT

which one is it?

http://www.chuang-meei.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=4

We should look into a bulk purchase ap-f%^&%^&%-parantly...

Excuse my frustrated language.

Re: DT-50 won't power on

support@line6.com — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 03:53:53 GMT

IEC fuse (5A) blew on me this week, and a replacement blew immediately, too. Fortunately, I've still got a month left on the warranty... makes me wonder if it's this power transformer issue.

UPDATE: Sure enough, it was the power transformer.

Message was edited by: JeffWatt

Re: DT-50 won't power on

support@line6.com — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 05:32:20 GMT

Seems I have had the same issue. Everything was fine, amp was on, playing along, fizzing/crackling, volume fades out, amp off, no lights, won't power on. F !! This is why I gave up on the Fender Mustang, They had power supply issues on the 100watt versions ..... Out of warranty. Service center is close. God I hope L6 has addressed this with a better part, I was hoping to have this amp for a long time. It was a good value I felt, but if it can't be counted on, then it ain't Scottish.