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I have a decent hi-fi system in my office, but recently the tuner has been giving trouble. Occasionally, for no apparent reason, the left channel on a stereo broadcast just cuts out. As I only listen to one station, and just for background music at that, I decided to stick a one input, two output (or vice versa) stereo RCA switch into the link from the tuner to the preamp so the when the left channel dies I can just flip the switch and feed both channels of the preamp with the signal from the right channel of the tuner. I got out the switch and my bits-box of hi-fi connectors to set about it. I found a selection Y (pairing) junctions and a bunch of gender-benders - and then sat there for twenty minutes fiddling with the stuff like a brain-dead dumbphuque trying to figure how to do it. I did find a solution after about twenty minutes, but what would your solution be - it's almost certainly going to be better than mine!
Open the tuner and check the solder joints. Intermittent problems are often something getting hot and failing, or causing a bad joint to fail. When it all cools, it works again.
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Open the tuner and check the solder joints. Intermittent problems are often something getting hot and failing, or causing a bad joint to fail. When it all cools, it works again.
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I've had the lid off a couple of times, and re-seated all the (many) connectors and used a contact cleaner on them. As it was a top-of-the-line job when I bought it, I would be surprised if it were a solder joint - in any event, there are literally hundreds of joints on the main board and they all look good. I suspect the problem will go away after a while, because it was sat in a cupboard for ten years as there were no FM stations worth listening to, but there is now a classical music and jazz station which I found by accident on my car radio. The periods between failure are getting longer, and usually now a few seconds off fixes it. I suspect it may be a dodgy electrolytic, but there are a lot of them to check! Anyway, where's your wiring diagram? :-D
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I've had the lid off a couple of times, and re-seated all the (many) connectors and used a contact cleaner on them. As it was a top-of-the-line job when I bought it, I would be surprised if it were a solder joint - in any event, there are literally hundreds of joints on the main board and they all look good. I suspect the problem will go away after a while, because it was sat in a cupboard for ten years as there were no FM stations worth listening to, but there is now a classical music and jazz station which I found by accident on my car radio. The periods between failure are getting longer, and usually now a few seconds off fixes it. I suspect it may be a dodgy electrolytic, but there are a lot of them to check! Anyway, where's your wiring diagram? :-D
Wiring diagrams are for pussies! :laugh:
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Wiring diagrams are for pussies! :laugh:
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I have a decent hi-fi system in my office, but recently the tuner has been giving trouble. Occasionally, for no apparent reason, the left channel on a stereo broadcast just cuts out. As I only listen to one station, and just for background music at that, I decided to stick a one input, two output (or vice versa) stereo RCA switch into the link from the tuner to the preamp so the when the left channel dies I can just flip the switch and feed both channels of the preamp with the signal from the right channel of the tuner. I got out the switch and my bits-box of hi-fi connectors to set about it. I found a selection Y (pairing) junctions and a bunch of gender-benders - and then sat there for twenty minutes fiddling with the stuff like a brain-dead dumbphuque trying to figure how to do it. I did find a solution after about twenty minutes, but what would your solution be - it's almost certainly going to be better than mine!
Chris C-B wrote:
but what would your solution be
Buy a new hi-fi? Or if your station does a webcast, hook up some speakers to your computer or mobile device?
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Chris C-B wrote:
but what would your solution be
Buy a new hi-fi? Or if your station does a webcast, hook up some speakers to your computer or mobile device?
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Here was I hoping for some nice elegant solution to replace my spaghetti nest of wires, and all I get. Bah humbug! ;P :laugh: Actually, I can stream the same content from the web, but it is heavily compressed and sounds like it's coming from under a thick blanket. Anyway, hooking up some speakers isn't going to hack it. I've got a pair of Mark-Levinsons bi-amped to a pair of six foot hybrid/ribbon speakers, so putting anything through the PC, even with its Bang and Olufsen sound system, makes everything sound distinctly muddy. Turgid, even. X|
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I have a decent hi-fi system in my office, but recently the tuner has been giving trouble. Occasionally, for no apparent reason, the left channel on a stereo broadcast just cuts out. As I only listen to one station, and just for background music at that, I decided to stick a one input, two output (or vice versa) stereo RCA switch into the link from the tuner to the preamp so the when the left channel dies I can just flip the switch and feed both channels of the preamp with the signal from the right channel of the tuner. I got out the switch and my bits-box of hi-fi connectors to set about it. I found a selection Y (pairing) junctions and a bunch of gender-benders - and then sat there for twenty minutes fiddling with the stuff like a brain-dead dumbphuque trying to figure how to do it. I did find a solution after about twenty minutes, but what would your solution be - it's almost certainly going to be better than mine!
Chris C-B wrote:
I have a decent hi-fi system
Reading your answer below, stating that it's consisting of a couple of Mark Levinson and some ribbon-speakers, I call that the understatement of the year. Bordering on Bullshit! My question: With that equipment, why do you bother listening to the radio? As there are no PCI soundcards having a decent sound quality I would get a phone with a decent DAC and load it up with flac files. Yes there's at least one. LG G7 for example has an ESS ES9218P QUAD DAC[^] There's a cheapo version out now with the same sound chip: LG G7 Fit, for half the price having last years processor and half the memory, which doesn't matter since it has a memory slot.
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Chris C-B wrote:
I have a decent hi-fi system
Reading your answer below, stating that it's consisting of a couple of Mark Levinson and some ribbon-speakers, I call that the understatement of the year. Bordering on Bullshit! My question: With that equipment, why do you bother listening to the radio? As there are no PCI soundcards having a decent sound quality I would get a phone with a decent DAC and load it up with flac files. Yes there's at least one. LG G7 for example has an ESS ES9218P QUAD DAC[^] There's a cheapo version out now with the same sound chip: LG G7 Fit, for half the price having last years processor and half the memory, which doesn't matter since it has a memory slot.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote:
Reading your answer below, stating that it's consisting of a couple of Mark Levinson and some ribbon-speakers, I call that the understatement of the year. Bordering on Bullshit!
Yeah, well, I like to be a bit modest about these things. :-\
Jörgen Andersson wrote:
My question: With that equipment, why do you bother listening to the radio?
The particular station I listen to is genuine 'broadcast quality', and is generally as good as CD. It is part of the national broadcasting setup, and has very good equipment. I like to listen to it as it can introduce me to classical music that I am not familiar with, without having to take a punt on a CD that I then decide I don't like.
Jörgen Andersson wrote:
As there are no PCI soundcards having a decent sound quality I would get a phone with a decent DAC and load it up with flac files. Yes there's at least one. LG G7 for example has an ESS ES9218P QUAD DAC[^] There's a cheapo version out now with the same sound chip: LG G7 Fit, for half the price having last years processor and half the memory, which doesn't matter since it has a memory slot.
I am currently in the process of replacing all the MP3s I have with FLAC, and a decent 'phone is definitely on my shopping list, so thanks for that tip - I'll check it out. I shall keep the USB stick I use in my car full of MP3s, as in a beat-up old 4x4 with off-road tyres, the ambient noise is enough to make anything better an exercise in futility!
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I have a decent hi-fi system in my office, but recently the tuner has been giving trouble. Occasionally, for no apparent reason, the left channel on a stereo broadcast just cuts out. As I only listen to one station, and just for background music at that, I decided to stick a one input, two output (or vice versa) stereo RCA switch into the link from the tuner to the preamp so the when the left channel dies I can just flip the switch and feed both channels of the preamp with the signal from the right channel of the tuner. I got out the switch and my bits-box of hi-fi connectors to set about it. I found a selection Y (pairing) junctions and a bunch of gender-benders - and then sat there for twenty minutes fiddling with the stuff like a brain-dead dumbphuque trying to figure how to do it. I did find a solution after about twenty minutes, but what would your solution be - it's almost certainly going to be better than mine!
If it's an apple hi-fi, the answer is obvious.
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Real engineers don't read manuals. (And before anyone jumps in, yes they can read :) ) We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.
