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Disclaimer: I probably qualify for "caveman" (as defined in #27).


My TM16 was randomly rebooting (started during a live session with 250+ audience... ouch!). I figured I would "reflow" the power connector soldering points. After doing so I could not get connector j1402 back again... Threading it through the slot was hardly possible. In fact I didn't have to disconnect it in the first place, I just did so in order to "have a closer look". Searching for a video on someone reassembling a TM16 I stumbled upon this thread...


Then reading post #10 I realized that I didn't have to go to all this trouble in the first place! It's that 6-pin connector!


While "reflowing" the power connector I did see some boiling and even splatter of flux trapped inside so maybe it wasn't completely useless.


However the reason I'm reacting here is my great surprise and disappointment... I always had the impression that this mixer had balanced outputs, and that balanced outputs would by nature eliminate problems with unintended phantom power due to a built-in transformer (similar to a ground-loop filter)... So either the TM16 does not have balanced outputs or my perception on balanced out/in is wrong... Could someone enlighten me?