Cracking open a Galaxy Audio PA amp

[David Nebenzahl]

On 9/16/2010 8:30 PM thanatoid spake thus:

David Nebenzahl <nobody@but.us.chickens> wrote in
news:4c929dd6$0$2393$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers.com:

I am not a professional electronics repairperson.

Neither am I.

I don't maintain a repair shop, nor solicit repairs.

Neither do I.

This is why I own no XLR connectors: normally I have absolutely no
need for such things. I have no sound equipment, microphones, etc.

I used to sing (using the term loosely) and play guitar
(etc.) in bands, so I have a ton of XLR (and other)
connectors and cables, etc. I understand not everyone has
such items on site.

Good. Sound reinforcement was never my responsibility even when I was in
this band.

This one just landed in my lap. I used to be in a
band, the leader of which just recently died, and when we
tried to use this amp at a gig, it failed.

It's not a bad idea to test other people's
instruments/equipment before using them, let alone WHEN DOING
A GIG.

The amp was not essential to the gig; we just wanted to use it to make
announcements during the performance, as it was also a memorial to the
founder of the band who had just died a week before. Since we were
playing in a relatively small room, we make do without.

And there were NO other cables on the stage at the time, huh?

Nope. We're an acoustic band, generally play without any sound
reinforcement at all.

I offered to diagnose it and determine what was wrong with
it.

Hmm. So you ALSO used to be in a band, and you don't have a
single XLR cable in the house?

Nope. You see a problem with that?

Hmm. What kind of band?

Eastern European and Balkan folk and popular (from a previous century)
music. Mostly totally obsolete music that most people haven't heard and
don't care about.


--
The fashion in killing has an insouciant, flirty style this spring,
with the flaunting of well-defined muscle, wrapped in flags.

- Comment from an article on Antiwar.com (http://antiwar.com)

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

thanatoid wrote:

David Nebenzahl <nobody@but.us.chickens> wrote in
news:4c929e4e$0$2393$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers.com:

On 9/16/2010 8:06 AM thanatoid spake thus:

snip

Not that clever, really, I was very depressed and suicidal
for most of my life. Recently I have been feeling better,
but that's another subject.

I'm sorry to hear that (that you're feeling better, that
is).

In a way, so am I, BION.

(For one thing, I /may/ have to think of another nick, although
something tells me you - and dozens of other friends I have made
on the Usenet over the years - might like to help me out with
that daunting task... 'Fuckbrain' is probably already taken, but
please feel free to suggest other suitable nicks!)

'Dimbulb' is already taken on most of the sci.electronics groups.
OTOH, he has 90 sock puppets you could steal. ;-)

Anyway, it's not worth explaining depression to someone who
probably has little understanding of the ways of the human
brain, let alone of the mystifying intricacies of audio cable
construction.

The same goes for pain 24/7.


--
Politicians should only get paid if the budget is balanced, and there is
enough left over to pay them.

 

[thanatoid]

David Nebenzahl <nobody@but.us.chickens> wrote in
news:4c929dd6$0$2393$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers.com:

On 9/16/2010 8:15 AM thanatoid spake thus:

<snip>

WHAT? You did NOT do that when you removed all the screws?
I have not been reading the thread carefully ever since
you ignored my request for a photograph, but DUUH!

The amp appears to be fine; there's either a problem with
the XLR mike input jack, or with the mike cable we were
using. (Can't test because I have no XLR plugs.)

WHERE are you (as in, forest, garage with NO tools, an
audio shop run by Scientologists who believe the e-meter
is the only piece of electronic test equipment anyone
needs) ????????

SIGH.

BTW, I have learned over the last 4 decades that it's
ALWAYS the cable (and if it's not, you **still** test any
cables FIRST before you do ANYTHING, including attempting
to open an audio box [when you should let your friends
open your canned food for you] let alone flooding an NG
with clueless posts for a week), and /had/ you posted like
a person with a clue, I would have told you to try another
cable - I know you don't have one, BUY one!

Look, you little fuck

Is that the BEST you can do? C'mon! Work with me here!

(and keep in mind that *you* were the
first one in this thread to use profanity)

OMG! Profanity on the Usenet! My transgression is
unforgivable! Please have the motherfucking pigs come and
arrest me STAT!

let me explain my situation for your little pea-brain to
understand.

I have a HUGE head, I can never find a hat to fit me. And I
have an IQ of 134. Not THAT high, but odds /are/ it's higher
than yours. OTOH, head and brain size have nothing to do with
intelligence.

I am not a professional electronics repairperson.

Neither am I.

I don't
maintain a repair shop, nor solicit repairs.

Neither do I.

This is why I
own no XLR connectors: normally I have absolutely no need
for such things. I have no sound equipment, microphones,
etc.

I used to sing (using the term loosely) and play guitar
(etc.) in bands, so I have a ton of XLR (and other)
connectors and cables, etc. I understand not everyone has
such items on site.

This one just landed in my lap. I used to be in a
band, the leader of which just recently died, and when we
tried to use this amp at a gig, it failed.

It's not a bad idea to test other people's
instruments/equipment before using them, let alone WHEN DOING
A GIG.

And there were NO other cables on the stage at the time, huh?

I offered to diagnose it and determine what was wrong with
it.

Hmm. So you ALSO used to be in a band, and you don't have a
single XLR cable in the house?

Hmm. What kind of band?

I'm 99.99% sure that the problem is outboard of the jack
connections on the amp simply by doing the "touch the input
connection and listen for hum" test. The amp responded
admirably well to this test, so I'm certain it works.The
problem, then, is obviously either the jack on the amp
or somewhere in the microphone cable being used. There
wasn't enough time to get another cable and test it.

No, of course not.

So if you want to continue to berate me for some perceived
slight against the propriety of this newsgroup, which after
all is supposed to be a source of information for people
seeking such, well then, go right ahead and be my guest.

I am not berating you, I understand why you posted your
question here, but you or someone you know DO have a digital
camera, you DO know how to use the internet, and you SHOULD
HAVE CHECKED THE CABLE before spending a week trying to open
a box you are not qualified to look inside of!

WHAT were you expecting to find, a soldered cable connection
/inside a sealed enclosure/ which just /decided/ to come
undone for no reason whatsoever?

And, BTW - an e-meter (q.v.) CAN be used to test cables, as I
realized after posting. But I waited, hoping for an
entertaining reply - and I was NOT disappointed! ;-)


--
"Anytime I hear the word "culture", I reach for my iPad."
- 21st Century Humanoid

 

[thanatoid]

David Nebenzahl <nobody@but.us.chickens> wrote in
news:4c929e4e$0$2393$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers.com:

On 9/16/2010 8:06 AM thanatoid spake thus:

<snip>

Not that clever, really, I was very depressed and suicidal
for most of my life. Recently I have been feeling better,
but that's another subject.

I'm sorry to hear that (that you're feeling better, that
is).

In a way, so am I, BION.

(For one thing, I /may/ have to think of another nick, although
something tells me you - and dozens of other friends I have made
on the Usenet over the years - might like to help me out with
that daunting task... 'Fuckbrain' is probably already taken, but
please feel free to suggest other suitable nicks!)

Anyway, it's not worth explaining depression to someone who
probably has little understanding of the ways of the human
brain, let alone of the mystifying intricacies of audio cable
construction.


--
"Anytime I hear the word "culture", I reach for my iPad."
- 21st Century Humanoid

 

[Ron]

On 16/09/2010 19:26, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Ron wrote:

On 16/09/2010 17:43, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Ron wrote:

On 16/09/2010 16:15, thanatoid wrote:
David Nebenzahl<nobody@but.us.chickens> wrote in
news:4c91a6a6$0$2405$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers.com:

snip

Thanks for the first and only really helpful reply in this
whole damn thread.

You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. Sure enough,
removing the nut from the phone jack allowed the whole unit
to slip rather easily out of the case (I used a heavy knife
blade betwixt the case and chassis to start it).

WHAT? You did NOT do that when you removed all the screws? I
have not been reading the thread carefully ever since you
ignored my request for a photograph, but DUUH!

The amp appears to be fine; there's either a problem with
the XLR mike input jack, or with the mike cable we were
using. (Can't test because I have no XLR plugs.)

WHERE are you (as in, forest, garage with NO tools, an audio
shop run by Scientologists who believe the e-meter is the only
piece of electronic test equipment anyone needs) ????????

SIGH.

BTW, I have learned over the last 4 decades that it's ALWAYS the
cable (and if it's not, you **still** test any cables FIRST
before you do ANYTHING, including attempting to open an audio
box [when you should let your friends open your canned food for
you] let alone flooding an NG with clueless posts for a week),
and /had/ you posted like a person with a clue, I would have
told you to try another cable - I know you don't have one, BUY
one!

!!!!!!

In the world of professional audio, it`s hardly ever the cable!


That depends on the quality of the materials and who made them.


In the world of professional audio, it`s hardly ever the cable!

Professional quality cable, professional quality connectors and
professional quality workmanship.


There is a wide variation in all three.

In your world maybe

 

[Ron]

On 17/09/2010 04:44, David Nebenzahl wrote:

Eastern European and Balkan folk and popular (from a previous century)
music. Mostly totally obsolete music that most people haven't heard and
don't care about.


Aside

That's a kind of music which is becoming very popular here in the UK, my
own home town boasts three bands playing such music. I rather enjoy it
myself.
See http://www.myspace.com/thebalkanicsband

<And now back to you regular programming>

Ron(UK)

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Ron wrote:

On 16/09/2010 19:26, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Ron wrote:

On 16/09/2010 17:43, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Ron wrote:

On 16/09/2010 16:15, thanatoid wrote:
David Nebenzahl<nobody@but.us.chickens> wrote in
news:4c91a6a6$0$2405$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers.com:

snip

Thanks for the first and only really helpful reply in this
whole damn thread.

You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. Sure enough,
removing the nut from the phone jack allowed the whole unit
to slip rather easily out of the case (I used a heavy knife
blade betwixt the case and chassis to start it).

WHAT? You did NOT do that when you removed all the screws? I
have not been reading the thread carefully ever since you
ignored my request for a photograph, but DUUH!

The amp appears to be fine; there's either a problem with
the XLR mike input jack, or with the mike cable we were
using. (Can't test because I have no XLR plugs.)

WHERE are you (as in, forest, garage with NO tools, an audio
shop run by Scientologists who believe the e-meter is the only
piece of electronic test equipment anyone needs) ????????

SIGH.

BTW, I have learned over the last 4 decades that it's ALWAYS the
cable (and if it's not, you **still** test any cables FIRST
before you do ANYTHING, including attempting to open an audio
box [when you should let your friends open your canned food for
you] let alone flooding an NG with clueless posts for a week),
and /had/ you posted like a person with a clue, I would have
told you to try another cable - I know you don't have one, BUY
one!

!!!!!!

In the world of professional audio, it`s hardly ever the cable!


That depends on the quality of the materials and who made them.


In the world of professional audio, it`s hardly ever the cable!

Professional quality cable, professional quality connectors and
professional quality workmanship.


There is a wide variation in all three.



In your world maybe.

If it makes you happy to think so. I've seen some real crap on the
market that was called 'professional quality'. BTW, I owned a
commercial sound business for about 15 years. I also saw equipment &
cabling that was 20 years old and still working fine. I see more and
more crap being made overseas that claim to be high quality or
professional quality that will be lucky to not be in a landfill in a
couple years.


--
Politicians should only get paid if the budget is balanced, and there is
enough left over to pay them.

 

[Ron]

On 17/09/2010 11:51, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Ron wrote:

On 16/09/2010 19:26, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Ron wrote:

On 16/09/2010 17:43, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Ron wrote:

On 16/09/2010 16:15, thanatoid wrote:
David Nebenzahl<nobody@but.us.chickens> wrote in
news:4c91a6a6$0$2405$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers.com:

snip

Thanks for the first and only really helpful reply in this
whole damn thread.

You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. Sure enough,
removing the nut from the phone jack allowed the whole unit
to slip rather easily out of the case (I used a heavy knife
blade betwixt the case and chassis to start it).

WHAT? You did NOT do that when you removed all the screws? I
have not been reading the thread carefully ever since you
ignored my request for a photograph, but DUUH!

The amp appears to be fine; there's either a problem with
the XLR mike input jack, or with the mike cable we were
using. (Can't test because I have no XLR plugs.)

WHERE are you (as in, forest, garage with NO tools, an audio
shop run by Scientologists who believe the e-meter is the only
piece of electronic test equipment anyone needs) ????????

SIGH.

BTW, I have learned over the last 4 decades that it's ALWAYS the
cable (and if it's not, you **still** test any cables FIRST
before you do ANYTHING, including attempting to open an audio
box [when you should let your friends open your canned food for
you] let alone flooding an NG with clueless posts for a week),
and /had/ you posted like a person with a clue, I would have
told you to try another cable - I know you don't have one, BUY
one!

!!!!!!

In the world of professional audio, it`s hardly ever the cable!


That depends on the quality of the materials and who made them.


In the world of professional audio, it`s hardly ever the cable!

Professional quality cable, professional quality connectors and
professional quality workmanship.


There is a wide variation in all three.



In your world maybe.


If it makes you happy to think so. I've seen some real crap on the
market that was called 'professional quality'. BTW, I owned a
commercial sound business for about 15 years. I also saw equipment&
cabling that was 20 years old and still working fine. I see more and
more crap being made overseas that claim to be high quality or
professional quality that will be lucky to not be in a landfill in a
couple years.

There you go then. You are confusing crap chinese, prepacked cables with
the words 'Professional' on the packet, for cables which are hand made
using the finest quality cable and connectors. There is very little 'on
the market' that is anywhere near professional quality. Most pro
companies either build their own cabling or have it made by companies
specialising in producing cabling for industry use. When your livelihood
depends on performance, you don't use 'Monster' cables!

In my forty some years experience of working in professional audio, I
have found that it's very rare for a properly made cable to fail without
outside intervention.

Ron(UK)

 

[A. Baum]

On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 03:30:00 +0000, thanatoid wrote:

Look, you little fuck

Is that the BEST you can do? C'mon! Work with me here!

Yep that's the best that the Nebenzahl troll-bot imbecile can do. What
did you expect from someone who let a simple 1/4 jack nut defeat him for
days LMAO!

 

[Meat Plow]

On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:39:56 -0700, David Nebenzahl wrote:

On 9/16/2010 6:57 AM Arny Krueger spake thus:

"Smitty Two" <prestwhich@earthlink.net> wrote in message
newsrestwhich-8F29A8.22355915092010@news.eternal-september.org

In article <4c91a6a6$0$2405$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers.com>, David
Nebenzahl <nobody@but.us.chickens> wrote:

Sure enough, removing the nut from the phone jack allowed the whole
unit to slip rather easily out of the case

Sheesh. You "shoulda" known enough to do that, at least. Good grief.

I feel stupid for not suggesting removing the nuts on the phone jacks.
I've seen this done sooooo many times.

Oh, so I guess that means I'm *not* a total retard, eh? Thanks for that.

To those not willing to kiss ass, yes you still are a total retard


What a stupid fuck..



--
Live Fast, Die Young and Leave a Pretty Corpse

 

[thanatoid]

David Nebenzahl <nobody@but.us.chickens> wrote in
news:4c92e3e0$0$2393$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers.com:

<snip>

I used to sing (using the term loosely) and play guitar
(etc.) in bands, so I have a ton of XLR (and other)
connectors and cables, etc. I understand not everyone has
such items on site.

Good. Sound reinforcement was never my responsibility even
when I was in this band.

OK.

This one just landed in my lap. I used to be in a
band, the leader of which just recently died, and when we
tried to use this amp at a gig, it failed.

It's not a bad idea to test other people's
instruments/equipment before using them, let alone WHEN
DOING A GIG.

The amp was not essential to the gig; we just wanted to use
it to make announcements during the performance, as it was
also a memorial to the founder of the band who had just
died a week before. Since we were playing in a relatively
small room, we make do without.

OK. Still, next time, test something before you try to use it.

And there were NO other cables on the stage at the time,
huh?

Nope. We're an acoustic band, generally play without any
sound reinforcement at all.

OK. I sort of thought this may be the case. I suppose when you
played a larger venue, you would just use their PA system so did
not need to know anything about sound reinforcement at all.

I offered to diagnose it and determine what was wrong
with it.

Hmm. So you ALSO used to be in a band, and you don't have
a single XLR cable in the house?

Nope. You see a problem with that?

Slight. IMO, it is always good to know /a little/ about things
which, however occasionally, enter you field of vision.

Hmm. What kind of band?

Eastern European and Balkan folk and popular (from a
previous century) music. Mostly totally obsolete music that
most people haven't heard and don't care about.

Don't assume anything. I like medieval folk music as much as I
like The Sex Pistols /and/ The Carpenters. I do NOT care for
acoustic-guitar-based "folk songs" played by Californians, but a
lot of European folk music, Irish especially, is really cool.
/And/ Eastern-Eur.




--
"Anytime I hear the word "culture", I reach for my iPad."
- 21st Century Humanoid

 

[thanatoid]

"A. Baum" <50kiloton@net.not> wrote in
newsan.2010.09.17.12.10.43@50kilotons.net.not:

On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 03:30:00 +0000, thanatoid wrote:

Look, you little fuck

Is that the BEST you can do? C'mon! Work with me here!

Yep that's the best that the Nebenzahl troll-bot imbecile
can do. What did you expect from someone who let a simple
1/4 jack nut defeat him for days LMAO!

You did make me laugh, but go easy on the guy. He seems OK. Not
everyone knows everything, especially people who post for help
in groups like this.


--
"Anytime I hear the word "culture", I reach for my iPad."
- 21st Century Humanoid

 

[David Nebenzahl]

On 9/17/2010 8:11 AM thanatoid spake thus:

David Nebenzahl <nobody@but.us.chickens> wrote in
news:4c92e3e0$0$2393$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers.com:

And there were NO other cables on the stage at the time,
huh?

Nope. We're an acoustic band, generally play without any
sound reinforcement at all.

OK. I sort of thought this may be the case. I suppose when you
played a larger venue, you would just use their PA system so did
not need to know anything about sound reinforcement at all.

Exactly. Which is the way we prefer it; we worry about our set lists and
the music. They get to worry about the sound system so that we don't
have to.

Hmm. So you ALSO used to be in a band, and you don't have
a single XLR cable in the house?

Nope. You see a problem with that?

Slight. IMO, it is always good to know /a little/ about things
which, however occasionally, enter you field of vision.

Oh, I *know* all about XLR and other connectors. I just don't happen to
*have* any around, since I don't need them.


--
The fashion in killing has an insouciant, flirty style this spring,
with the flaunting of well-defined muscle, wrapped in flags.

- Comment from an article on Antiwar.com (http://antiwar.com)

 

[A. Baum]

On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:14:07 +0000, thanatoid wrote:

"A. Baum" <50kiloton@net.not> wrote in
newsan.2010.09.17.12.10.43@50kilotons.net.not:

On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 03:30:00 +0000, thanatoid wrote:

Look, you little fuck

Is that the BEST you can do? C'mon! Work with me here!

Yep that's the best that the Nebenzahl troll-bot imbecile can do. What
did you expect from someone who let a simple 1/4 jack nut defeat him
for days LMAO!

You did make me laugh, but go easy on the guy. He seems OK. Not everyone
knows everything, especially people who post for help in groups like
this.

He posts his know-it-all shit in other groups yet can't figure out that
you really need to remove every last visible nut/screw/bolt/fastener
before giving up. Sorry but I find him an idiot and not just someone who
knows less than someone else.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Ron wrote:

On 17/09/2010 11:51, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Ron wrote:

On 16/09/2010 19:26, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Ron wrote:

On 16/09/2010 17:43, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Ron wrote:

On 16/09/2010 16:15, thanatoid wrote:
David Nebenzahl<nobody@but.us.chickens> wrote in
news:4c91a6a6$0$2405$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers.com:

snip

Thanks for the first and only really helpful reply in this
whole damn thread.

You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. Sure enough,
removing the nut from the phone jack allowed the whole unit
to slip rather easily out of the case (I used a heavy knife
blade betwixt the case and chassis to start it).

WHAT? You did NOT do that when you removed all the screws? I
have not been reading the thread carefully ever since you
ignored my request for a photograph, but DUUH!

The amp appears to be fine; there's either a problem with
the XLR mike input jack, or with the mike cable we were
using. (Can't test because I have no XLR plugs.)

WHERE are you (as in, forest, garage with NO tools, an audio
shop run by Scientologists who believe the e-meter is the only
piece of electronic test equipment anyone needs) ????????

SIGH.

BTW, I have learned over the last 4 decades that it's ALWAYS the
cable (and if it's not, you **still** test any cables FIRST
before you do ANYTHING, including attempting to open an audio
box [when you should let your friends open your canned food for
you] let alone flooding an NG with clueless posts for a week),
and /had/ you posted like a person with a clue, I would have
told you to try another cable - I know you don't have one, BUY
one!

!!!!!!

In the world of professional audio, it`s hardly ever the cable!


That depends on the quality of the materials and who made them.


In the world of professional audio, it`s hardly ever the cable!

Professional quality cable, professional quality connectors and
professional quality workmanship.


There is a wide variation in all three.



In your world maybe.


If it makes you happy to think so. I've seen some real crap on the
market that was called 'professional quality'. BTW, I owned a
commercial sound business for about 15 years. I also saw equipment&
cabling that was 20 years old and still working fine. I see more and
more crap being made overseas that claim to be high quality or
professional quality that will be lucky to not be in a landfill in a
couple years.



There you go then. You are confusing crap chinese, prepacked cables with
the words 'Professional' on the packet, for cables which are hand made
using the finest quality cable and connectors. There is very little 'on
the market' that is anywhere near professional quality. Most pro
companies either build their own cabling or have it made by companies
specialising in producing cabling for industry use. When your livelihood
depends on performance, you don't use 'Monster' cables!

In my forty some years experience of working in professional audio, I
have found that it's very rare for a properly made cable to fail without
outside intervention.

I made all of my own cables. Some are still good, after 40 years.

I was a broadcast engineer at three TV stations and several radio
stations during that time. We NEVER bought cables. I preferred
Switchcraft connectors and Belden wire. I've had idiots drive over a
pair of mated Switchcraft XLR connectors on concrete. All it did was
scratch the finish.



--
Politicians should only get paid if the budget is balanced, and there is
enough left over to pay them.

 

[Ron]

On 17/09/2010 19:47, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Ron wrote:

On 17/09/2010 11:51, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Ron wrote:

On 16/09/2010 19:26, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Ron wrote:

On 16/09/2010 17:43, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Ron wrote:

On 16/09/2010 16:15, thanatoid wrote:
David Nebenzahl<nobody@but.us.chickens> wrote in
news:4c91a6a6$0$2405$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers.com:

snip

Thanks for the first and only really helpful reply in this
whole damn thread.

You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. Sure enough,
removing the nut from the phone jack allowed the whole unit
to slip rather easily out of the case (I used a heavy knife
blade betwixt the case and chassis to start it).

WHAT? You did NOT do that when you removed all the screws? I
have not been reading the thread carefully ever since you
ignored my request for a photograph, but DUUH!

The amp appears to be fine; there's either a problem with
the XLR mike input jack, or with the mike cable we were
using. (Can't test because I have no XLR plugs.)

WHERE are you (as in, forest, garage with NO tools, an audio
shop run by Scientologists who believe the e-meter is the only
piece of electronic test equipment anyone needs) ????????

SIGH.

BTW, I have learned over the last 4 decades that it's ALWAYS the
cable (and if it's not, you **still** test any cables FIRST
before you do ANYTHING, including attempting to open an audio
box [when you should let your friends open your canned food for
you] let alone flooding an NG with clueless posts for a week),
and /had/ you posted like a person with a clue, I would have
told you to try another cable - I know you don't have one, BUY
one!

!!!!!!

In the world of professional audio, it`s hardly ever the cable!


That depends on the quality of the materials and who made them.


In the world of professional audio, it`s hardly ever the cable!

Professional quality cable, professional quality connectors and
professional quality workmanship.


There is a wide variation in all three.



In your world maybe.


If it makes you happy to think so. I've seen some real crap on the
market that was called 'professional quality'. BTW, I owned a
commercial sound business for about 15 years. I also saw equipment&
cabling that was 20 years old and still working fine. I see more and
more crap being made overseas that claim to be high quality or
professional quality that will be lucky to not be in a landfill in a
couple years.



There you go then. You are confusing crap chinese, prepacked cables with
the words 'Professional' on the packet, for cables which are hand made
using the finest quality cable and connectors. There is very little 'on
the market' that is anywhere near professional quality. Most pro
companies either build their own cabling or have it made by companies
specialising in producing cabling for industry use. When your livelihood
depends on performance, you don't use 'Monster' cables!

In my forty some years experience of working in professional audio, I
have found that it's very rare for a properly made cable to fail without
outside intervention.


I made all of my own cables. Some are still good, after 40 years.

I was a broadcast engineer at three TV stations and several radio
stations during that time. We NEVER bought cables. I preferred
Switchcraft connectors and Belden wire. I've had idiots drive over a
pair of mated Switchcraft XLR connectors on concrete. All it did was
scratch the finish.



I rest my case milud

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Ron wrote:

I rest my case milud

So, the 'Preparation H' finally worked for you?


--
Politicians should only get paid if the budget is balanced, and there is
enough left over to pay them.

 

[thanatoid]

"A. Baum" <50kiloton@net.not> wrote in
newsan.2010.09.17.15.48.07@50kilotons.net.not:

<snip>

Yep that's the best that the Nebenzahl troll-bot imbecile
can do. What did you expect from someone who let a simple
1/4 jack nut defeat him for days LMAO!

You did make me laugh, but go easy on the guy. He seems
OK. Not everyone knows everything, especially people who
post for help in groups like this.

He posts his know-it-all shit in other groups yet can't
figure out that you really need to remove every last
visible nut/screw/bolt/fastener before giving up. Sorry but
I find him an idiot and not just someone who knows less
than someone else.

I am new to these groups and I have not seen the other posts you
refer to.

I will withhold further comments besides stating that he does
not /appear/ to be "an idiot", which of course does not mean he
is /not/ one. But the same goes for everyone else, myself and
yourself included.


--
"Anytime I hear the word "culture", I reach for my iPad."
- 21st Century Humanoid

 

[Arfa Daily]

"David Nebenzahl" <nobody@but.us.chickens> wrote in message
news:4c92c1a9$0$2406$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers.com...

On 9/16/2010 6:03 PM Arfa Daily spake thus:

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message

And you still don't get American humor. ;-)

Wot ! You mean there is such a thing ... ? d:-}

Nah, all our humor comes from the UK: Monty Python, Dame Edna, Eddy
Izzard, Tracy Ullman, etc.

Ackshooly, I've been saying for years that there are two types of
Americans distinguishable by their taste for Brit humor. One one side we
have the PBS-type humor, exemplified by "Are You Being Served?" (which I
despise); on the other are those who like Benny Hill. I'm in the latter
camp myself. (Hey, what's better than total slapstick? Worked for Chaplin
...)

You really shouldn't dis 'Are You Being Served ?' It was an absolute
classic up there with the likes of Fawlty Towers ... The double entendre
with things like Mrs Slocombe's pussy, were really quite risque for British
TV at the time. Although I used to really enjoy Benny Hill for its pure
slapstick, the humour was much cruder than that of AYBS.

Arfa

 

[Arfa Daily]

"Jamie" <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_@charter.net> wrote in message
news:5izko.5471$2D5.4757@newsfe08.iad...

Arfa Daily wrote:



"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:c-6dnXqYAI-4gQ_RnZ2dnUVZ_vWdnZ2d@earthlink.com...


Arfa Daily wrote:


"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:W-CdnYkpfYV8rQzRnZ2dnUVZ_rKknZ2d@earthlink.com...

Arfa Daily wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:BNCdnXxrdILq2Q3RnZ2dnUVZ_uadnZ2d@earthlink.com...

David Nebenzahl wrote:

I inherited a repair job that I can't get started because I
can't >> >> get
the damn amp open.

It's a Galaxy Audio Core PA5X140 all-in-one PA. It's a tough
little
unit, with a die-cast metal chassis set into a thick rugged
plastic
(polypropylene?) case, that can sit on top of a mike stand.
Similar >> >> to
this one: http://galaxyaudio.com/MSPA.jsp. The front of the
chassis
has
6 screws into the case, and there's one on the back I removed,
but >> >> I
still can't get the chassis out of the case. I tried prying the
case,
thinking there might be some cast-in lugs I could open, but no
luck,
and
I didn't want to risk chewing up the edge of the case.

Does anyone have any idea how to open up this unit?


At least no one has suggested a Plsma Cutter! ;-)


Nah! "Angle grinder" as they always say over on uk.d-i-y


Angle grinders are for amateurs and wimps. It takes a real prow to
cut something open with a plasma cutter and still have anything
left to
repair.



It's a standing joke on that group Michael. "Angle grinder" is the
'silly'
answer when anyone asks for instance how to dismantle a ceramic
cartridge
shower valve to clean it, or anything referring to a 'delicate' job.
British
humour, and all that ...



And you still don't get American humor. ;-)



Wot ! You mean there is such a thing ... ? d:-}

Arfa


Sure, look who get elected as our leaders

Well yes, but by the same token, we've just gotten rid of one load of jokers
in Blair followed by Brown and their cronies. The jury is still out on their
replacements, but not looking too promising so far ...

Arfa