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• uglymusic December 2010

  Administrator

  I keep losing the left channel on my office hi-fi.

  
  

  I thought it was to do with the 3.5mm jack connection to the iMac, but it seems it's the volume control on the Pioneer. I have to either fiddle with the volume control or tap on top of the case to bring the channel back.

  
  

  I hate it when 20-year-old kit starts to go wrong!

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  Main: White MacBook/SSD/OS X Lion/Audirvana Plus -> Tellurium Q Digital Interconnect -> M2Tech Young/Super TeddyReg PSU -> TQ Blue Interconnects -> TQ Iridium Listen Pre-amp -> TQ Blue Interconnects -> Green Goddess Single Ended Class A 12 wpc Power Amp -> TQ Ultra Black and Graphite speaker cables -> Royd RR3 speakers/Royd stands
  Ugliness depositories: Synology DS411slim NAS and FireWire Drobo
  Office: KingRex USB DAC and PSU -> Passive pre ->TQ Atom power amp -> Mission 761 speakers/desk
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• Jim December 2010

  Member

  Have you got any switch cleaner?  If you get the lid off and give it a quick squirt that'll probably sort it.
  

  I ain’t sayin’ you treated me unkind
  You could have done better but I don’t mind
  You just kinda wasted my precious time
  But don’t think twice, it’s all right
• uglymusic December 2010

  Administrator

  I haven't had any switch cleaner for years.

  
  

  I'll Google it and see where sells it.

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  Main: White MacBook/SSD/OS X Lion/Audirvana Plus -> Tellurium Q Digital Interconnect -> M2Tech Young/Super TeddyReg PSU -> TQ Blue Interconnects -> TQ Iridium Listen Pre-amp -> TQ Blue Interconnects -> Green Goddess Single Ended Class A 12 wpc Power Amp -> TQ Ultra Black and Graphite speaker cables -> Royd RR3 speakers/Royd stands
  Ugliness depositories: Synology DS411slim NAS and FireWire Drobo
  Office: KingRex USB DAC and PSU -> Passive pre ->TQ Atom power amp -> Mission 761 speakers/desk
  Visit my website, Writing For SEO
• RobHolt December 2010

  Member

  Hi Dave,

  
  

  Maplin sell it in small cans, or you can order it from RS -  rswww.com

  Rob
  www.bakeraudio.org
  www.audiosmile.co.uk
  
  Gyrodec/Mission 774/Goldring Elite/RegaDac/Quad34/FM4/405-2/ESL63 or Audiosmile Kensai. Very Large collection of other used kit.
• uglymusic December 2010

  Administrator

  Thanks Rob

  
  

  I discovered earlier today that there's a Maplin on London Road, Brighton, so I don't need to trek over to Eastbourne. I'll probably pick one up next time I'm in Brighton.

  
  

  I hadn't thought of RS. Maybe ordering it online would make more sense.

  
  

  
  

  Take a look at these hands!
  Main: White MacBook/SSD/OS X Lion/Audirvana Plus -> Tellurium Q Digital Interconnect -> M2Tech Young/Super TeddyReg PSU -> TQ Blue Interconnects -> TQ Iridium Listen Pre-amp -> TQ Blue Interconnects -> Green Goddess Single Ended Class A 12 wpc Power Amp -> TQ Ultra Black and Graphite speaker cables -> Royd RR3 speakers/Royd stands
  Ugliness depositories: Synology DS411slim NAS and FireWire Drobo
  Office: KingRex USB DAC and PSU -> Passive pre ->TQ Atom power amp -> Mission 761 speakers/desk
  Visit my website, Writing For SEO
• uglymusic December 2010

  Administrator

  A quick update on this.

  
  

  I realise the problem has disappeared as suddenly as it arrived. Maybe it heard about the underarm switch cleaner coming its way? 

  @-)

  Take a look at these hands!
  Main: White MacBook/SSD/OS X Lion/Audirvana Plus -> Tellurium Q Digital Interconnect -> M2Tech Young/Super TeddyReg PSU -> TQ Blue Interconnects -> TQ Iridium Listen Pre-amp -> TQ Blue Interconnects -> Green Goddess Single Ended Class A 12 wpc Power Amp -> TQ Ultra Black and Graphite speaker cables -> Royd RR3 speakers/Royd stands
  Ugliness depositories: Synology DS411slim NAS and FireWire Drobo
  Office: KingRex USB DAC and PSU -> Passive pre ->TQ Atom power amp -> Mission 761 speakers/desk
  Visit my website, Writing For SEO
• Jim December 2010

  Member

  I hate it when that happens.  I'd rather something broke properly so it can be fixed for certain.
  

  I ain’t sayin’ you treated me unkind
  You could have done better but I don’t mind
  You just kinda wasted my precious time
  But don’t think twice, it’s all right
• uglymusic December 2010

  Administrator

  It's sure to come back.

  
  

  But, by that time, I hope to have remembered to drop into Maplins.

  Take a look at these hands!
  Main: White MacBook/SSD/OS X Lion/Audirvana Plus -> Tellurium Q Digital Interconnect -> M2Tech Young/Super TeddyReg PSU -> TQ Blue Interconnects -> TQ Iridium Listen Pre-amp -> TQ Blue Interconnects -> Green Goddess Single Ended Class A 12 wpc Power Amp -> TQ Ultra Black and Graphite speaker cables -> Royd RR3 speakers/Royd stands
  Ugliness depositories: Synology DS411slim NAS and FireWire Drobo
  Office: KingRex USB DAC and PSU -> Passive pre ->TQ Atom power amp -> Mission 761 speakers/desk
  Visit my website, Writing For SEO
• jkeny February 2011

  Member

  It might be a sign that the main capacitors are exhausted/dried up? 20 years is time to look at changing these?

  sites.google.com/site/hifacemods/
• uglymusic February 2011

  Administrator

  Thanks for that John

  
  

  I've actually found a more radical solution. Swapping the Pioneer for an NVA AP20 that I thought I'd sold! 

  
  

  The NVA sounds better and more detailed, but it has a dodgy selector switch. So it goes.

  :)

  Take a look at these hands!
  Main: White MacBook/SSD/OS X Lion/Audirvana Plus -> Tellurium Q Digital Interconnect -> M2Tech Young/Super TeddyReg PSU -> TQ Blue Interconnects -> TQ Iridium Listen Pre-amp -> TQ Blue Interconnects -> Green Goddess Single Ended Class A 12 wpc Power Amp -> TQ Ultra Black and Graphite speaker cables -> Royd RR3 speakers/Royd stands
  Ugliness depositories: Synology DS411slim NAS and FireWire Drobo
  Office: KingRex USB DAC and PSU -> Passive pre ->TQ Atom power amp -> Mission 761 speakers/desk
  Visit my website, Writing For SEO

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