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hey guys - maybe you might know about this:
So this morning when I woke up, I heard a strange popping or thumping sound coming from my living room. So I walk to it and realize my right speaker is pumping in and out and making a popping or thumping sound. I see that my DCC2 (preamp) is on even though I have the volume set to 0. I turn off the DCC2 and the noise goes away.
This has happened before to my Krell integrated, and they told me it had something to do with a coupling capacitor being blown. Whatever, I figure it was a rare incident. Well here it seemingly is again, with a MUCH more expensive piece of equipment. Well the EMM Labs DCC2 is a DAC and a PRE and the PRE is going into some MBL Monoblocks. THis monoblocks seem fine and the noise switches speakers if the cables are switched, so this incriminates the DCC2 even more.
The folks at EMM Labs could only tell me to send it in. They have no idea what could be causing it. Also, now my left speaker smells like some sort of electrical burn has taken place
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Has anyone (Al?) experienced anything like this and figured out what it was?
The Line Level section still seems to work just fine, it is just the PRE OUT it seems. So headphones can still be connected, or any line level device. But this does rob the EMM of two possible connections, which of course, we were planning on using next week.
How frustrating that this keeps happening.
Neil
So this morning when I woke up, I heard a strange popping or thumping sound coming from my living room. So I walk to it and realize my right speaker is pumping in and out and making a popping or thumping sound. I see that my DCC2 (preamp) is on even though I have the volume set to 0. I turn off the DCC2 and the noise goes away.
This has happened before to my Krell integrated, and they told me it had something to do with a coupling capacitor being blown. Whatever, I figure it was a rare incident. Well here it seemingly is again, with a MUCH more expensive piece of equipment. Well the EMM Labs DCC2 is a DAC and a PRE and the PRE is going into some MBL Monoblocks. THis monoblocks seem fine and the noise switches speakers if the cables are switched, so this incriminates the DCC2 even more.
The folks at EMM Labs could only tell me to send it in. They have no idea what could be causing it. Also, now my left speaker smells like some sort of electrical burn has taken place
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Has anyone (Al?) experienced anything like this and figured out what it was?
The Line Level section still seems to work just fine, it is just the PRE OUT it seems. So headphones can still be connected, or any line level device. But this does rob the EMM of two possible connections, which of course, we were planning on using next week.
How frustrating that this keeps happening.
Neil
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Sorry for the frustration, man. This last year was a continuous series of weird issues with my preamp but this wasn't one of them.
Does the thumping still happen when you are playing music through the pre-outs? That would certainly mean that something "extra" is being generated by the DCC2. Did you try a different transport than the EMM just to make sure it wasn't starting there?
Do the speakers sound like something has happened? I know it can be hard to tell unless you isolate what might have been affected in the speaker--my Gallos still played and sounded ok on most things with a big hole fried through the tweeter membrane. My guess is nothing really happened and that the smell might have been there but you were never "looking" for it.
If you send it in, you will never get it back in time (even with a friend on the inside like you have). We should just use some line splitters on the line level outputs. I have never been able to hear any degredation when using them. I will bring a pair that I have.
Again, sorry for the bummer, and I hope EMM steps up if their gear fried anything in your speaker(s) [unlike TacT, which refused to pay for the damage they admittedly caused by setting my preamp up wrong when they returned it from an upgrade].
Good luck, Al
| Originally Posted by neilvg /img/forum/go_quote.gif Has anyone (Al?) experienced anything like this and figured out what it was? The Line Level section still seems to work just fine, it is just the PRE OUT it seems. So headphones can still be connected, or any line level device. But this does rob the EMM of two possible connections, which of course, we were planning on using next week. How frustrating that this keeps happening. Neil |
Sorry for the frustration, man. This last year was a continuous series of weird issues with my preamp but this wasn't one of them.
Does the thumping still happen when you are playing music through the pre-outs? That would certainly mean that something "extra" is being generated by the DCC2. Did you try a different transport than the EMM just to make sure it wasn't starting there?
Do the speakers sound like something has happened? I know it can be hard to tell unless you isolate what might have been affected in the speaker--my Gallos still played and sounded ok on most things with a big hole fried through the tweeter membrane. My guess is nothing really happened and that the smell might have been there but you were never "looking" for it.
If you send it in, you will never get it back in time (even with a friend on the inside like you have). We should just use some line splitters on the line level outputs. I have never been able to hear any degredation when using them. I will bring a pair that I have.
Again, sorry for the bummer, and I hope EMM steps up if their gear fried anything in your speaker(s) [unlike TacT, which refused to pay for the damage they admittedly caused by setting my preamp up wrong when they returned it from an upgrade].
Good luck, Al
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On a more positive note than the last post, what a great crew we have coming to this meet! Study up on your Meet CDs and be ready to rock! Too bad Xantus didn't get any Shpongle on there! You'll just have to bring some along again Joe!
See you all next week.
| Originally Posted by neilvg /img/forum/go_quote.gif ===== Attendees/Possible Attendees: Neilvg Voltron Grahame Neilpeart Humanflyz Utep10 Granodemostasa Xantus Blessingx Robm321 HeadCount = ~ 10 (this is perfect!) ===== Neil |
On a more positive note than the last post, what a great crew we have coming to this meet! Study up on your Meet CDs and be ready to rock! Too bad Xantus didn't get any Shpongle on there! You'll just have to bring some along again Joe!
See you all next week.
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Emm is great! I just talked to Jonathan Tinn and another tech at EMM and not only will it get overnighted to them today, they will look at it, do their best to get it fixed this weekend/next week and have it back to me by next week sometime. They are also performing an upgrade to the DAC which should improve the sound even more.
IF this does not get resolved by them, a replacement DCC2 will be given to me just for the meet (which they really want me to have).
Neil
IF this does not get resolved by them, a replacement DCC2 will be given to me just for the meet (which they really want me to have).
Neil
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NICE! Can you have Jonathan call Boz over at TacT and tell him how it's done?!
| Originally Posted by neilvg /img/forum/go_quote.gif Emm is great! I just talked to Jonathan Tinn and another tech at EMM and not only will it get overnighted to them today, they will look at it, do their best to get it fixed this weekend/next week and have it back to me by next week sometime. They are also performing an upgrade to the DAC which should improve the sound even more. IF this does not get resolved by them, a replacement DCC2 will be given to me just for the meet (which they really want me to have).
Neil |
NICE! Can you have Jonathan call Boz over at TacT and tell him how it's done?!
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That's great to hear.
Sorry to hear about the possible speaker damage though
| Originally Posted by neilvg /img/forum/go_quote.gif Emm is great! I just talked to Jonathan Tinn and another tech at EMM and not only will it get overnighted to them today, they will look at it, do their best to get it fixed this weekend/next week and have it back to me by next week sometime. They are also performing an upgrade to the DAC which should improve the sound even more. IF this does not get resolved by them, a replacement DCC2 will be given to me just for the meet (which they really want me to have).
Neil |
That's great to hear.
Sorry to hear about the possible speaker damage though
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Neil,
Sorry to hear of your issues. I hope it was not some type of DC getting to your speakers.
Nice that EMM is stepping up. Major customer service going on there.
Hope everything gets resolved to your satisfaction.
Sorry to hear of your issues. I hope it was not some type of DC getting to your speakers.
Nice that EMM is stepping up. Major customer service going on there.
Hope everything gets resolved to your satisfaction.
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The number one possible reason: DC Leak. I tried a few other things with that right speaker, and it seems OK. But who knows. I think it'll all work out
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| Originally Posted by Voltron /img/forum/go_quote.gif On a more positive note than the last post, what a great crew we have coming to this meet! Study up on your Meet CDs and be ready to rock! Too bad Xantus didn't get any Shpongle on there! You'll just have to bring some along again Joe! See you all next week.
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Hey guys, I kind of need a ride to Neil's place. So if anyone's kind enough to pick me up from Berkeley, I would really appreciate it.
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What about Grano? Doesn't he hail from Berk?
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hi
i dont have a car.. and i sorta lost my interest in going since i don't have the music or a functioning rig right now...
| Originally Posted by neilvg /img/forum/go_quote.gif What about Grano? Doesn't he hail from Berk? Neil |
hi
i dont have a car.. and i sorta lost my interest in going since i don't have the music or a functioning rig right now...
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I thought someone gave you the music? That's too bad.
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We'll figure something out for you humanflyz.
I am thinking of having the meet time start at around 1:00pm. This will give everyone a good amount of time to get over here. I will be providing drinks/snacks etc... Does anyone have any requests?
Neil
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We'll figure something out for you humanflyz.
I am thinking of having the meet time start at around 1:00pm. This will give everyone a good amount of time to get over here. I will be providing drinks/snacks etc... Does anyone have any requests?
Neil
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