Blogs related to recording equipment repairs and modifications
Spark Input Jack repair
First time working on the Spark Practice Amp. One came in with a damage input Jack. Nice Product, well thought out design, and even sounds decent. The owner originally requested adding balanced Lineout, but ended up not going for it. The headphone out seems to do the trick, all be it unbalanced.
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Lexicon PCM 41- Repair/Recap/Rechip
This is such a great unit, so well designed and built. The owner mentioned the input pot was not working. The unit arrived with what looks like impact or shipping damage. The left corner of the front panel place was bent slightly back. On inspection I found the input pot sheared off.
I found the sheared input pot first...
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Rane 26B Power connector Woes
I have a couple of Rane 26B line mixers in to modify. One unit had a flaky right side output connector and both had broken power connectors. The Rane 26B use a phone type connector for its power connection.
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Symphonic (Pine Electronics) M13 Amp Re-Build/Partial Re-Design
Latest Rabbit Hole project....Started with adding a line isolation transformer and morphed into a complete circuit rebuild... The original circuit was pretty much a widow maker design, with direct line voltage feed the amp.
Lexicon PCM 41- 3 units Various Repairs
3 PCM 41 units in for repairs. These are some of my favourite delays, many fond memories playing with these in feedback.
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Fostex Line Mixer Model 2016
On the bench is a line mixer with a intermittent right side of the the 2nd output.
Interesting design inside, very late 80's...
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AVID/Euphonix Artist Control V2
This one came in with a loud buzzing and flickering screen...
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Ward Beck M460D
Got to take a peak inside the M460D...
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Rupert Neve Designs 5014 Failed Cap in The power filter
I am big fan of Rupert Neves stuff, and the Portico Series 5014 widener did not disappoint. Great attention to detail in this box!
The unit had a bad cap in the switchmode power supply filter.
1178 Channel A "Railing"
One of favorite units, the 1178 is a very useful tool. This one has an issue when the needle intermittently pins hard right. It took a while to replicate the issue on the bench. It might be a cap, cold solder joint, opamp?
I don't know yet, I am going to start to trace the problem from the output back to the input.
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