Hooked up Shiit Mani incorrectly


I feel really stupid right now. I hooked up my Shiit Mani to my phono input on my Adcom GFA 555 preamp causing both my speakers to start distorting. Once I realized my mistake I shut the system down. I believe I may have damaged both my amps in the process.  Both amps are humming when turned on. What damage could of done? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated 

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Showing 2 responses by carlsbad2

If you are lucky, all you fried is your phono stage.  Have you switched away from "phono", hooked up to a normal input, and still have problems?

@hickamore The engineered solution would be to use different phono-only connectors, caps that must be removed and are marked with warning statements, or other human factors safeguards.  In the nuclear industry caps are put over important buttons that should almost never be pushed.  Operators know they need to be certain whenever they flip up the caps.  Because of their design, they are referred to as "toilet seat covers".

But you have a very good point.

Jerry