What's in the mailbox? 📬 📦
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PunchySunshine
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Holy sheep shit that was fast! Order on Sunday afternoon and it's here on Wednesday. Thank you Robert! You're a consummate professional sir.
BuddytheReow
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Those are my favorite style knob, but gets rather cramped on a 125b with 5-6 controls. 4 seems to be the sweet spot for me.
DGWVI
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Same here! They do make the Brutalist in a mini, but not the Obelisk yet. The Skinny goes well with them, though
finebyfine
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First all tube amp since I was 14. Laney AOR 30 combo. Bought it as a birthday present to myself. Rips like all hell
peccary
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Well, it finally happened. I've reached peak clown status.
I picked this up off eBay for pretty darn cheap. I didn't expect to win it, and I'm not sure that I'm happy that I did, but here we are!
The "format" button was missing and I heard some rattling inside and assumed that was it. Unfortunately, I was wrong.
That's not a good sign
I couldn't really find any good photos of the guts to see where this little guy came from, and shaking the unit didn't reveal any more noises. So I grabbed a flashlight and found this other little guy hiding in a bed of wires.
I took a shot of the guts when I first opened it up and you can see it peeking out where I circled.
I was able to find a video on cleaning the heads on YT that showed a gut shot, and was able to get everything back in place.
Before:
After:
I bought some S-VHS tapes off eBay and am waiting for them, and I also need a couple 1/4 to RCA adapters, so I can't test it out yet. But assuming it all works and isn't just a giant waste of time and money (it probably will be) I'm going to do something like this with it (Probably? No promises
):
Thanks for reading this edition of Peccary's Stupid Clown Show
I picked this up off eBay for pretty darn cheap. I didn't expect to win it, and I'm not sure that I'm happy that I did, but here we are!
The "format" button was missing and I heard some rattling inside and assumed that was it. Unfortunately, I was wrong.
That's not a good sign
I couldn't really find any good photos of the guts to see where this little guy came from, and shaking the unit didn't reveal any more noises. So I grabbed a flashlight and found this other little guy hiding in a bed of wires.
I took a shot of the guts when I first opened it up and you can see it peeking out where I circled.
I was able to find a video on cleaning the heads on YT that showed a gut shot, and was able to get everything back in place.
Before:
After:
I bought some S-VHS tapes off eBay and am waiting for them, and I also need a couple 1/4 to RCA adapters, so I can't test it out yet. But assuming it all works and isn't just a giant waste of time and money (it probably will be) I'm going to do something like this with it (Probably? No promises
):
Thanks for reading this edition of Peccary's Stupid Clown Show
Cabintech
Authorized Vendor
That's actually really cool. I have a lot of experience with the follow-on Alesis product that records 24 tracks to hard disk drives (HD24).
peccary
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If it works well I'll be pretty stoked. I feel kind of silly buying outdated, obsolete stuff, but I just can't help it and have a strange calling to it.
I looked at those HD24s as well and they're pretty cool, but not nearly as inexpensive as thse ADATs. I ended up winning this one for $18.50 on eBay. Shipping was double what I paid
But if it ends up working I'll consider it $60 well spent.
Hal Harvey
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Starting a new job on Monday, rewarded myself with some tool upgrades - a Fluke 115 and a Peak DCA75 
As much as I was tempted, I did not splurge on the Fluke tester probe set and picked up this one instead: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GNVFL5D?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
My initial impressions of it are great!
Here's what I am upgrading from:
The "ancient" Craftsman DMM still works just fine, but it's big, awkward, and clunky. Next to it is my jfet measuring rig which is also being retired. I retested some J201s with the DCA75 and they match up roughly
As much as I was tempted, I did not splurge on the Fluke tester probe set and picked up this one instead: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GNVFL5D?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
My initial impressions of it are great!
Here's what I am upgrading from:
The "ancient" Craftsman DMM still works just fine, but it's big, awkward, and clunky. Next to it is my jfet measuring rig which is also being retired. I retested some J201s with the DCA75 and they match up roughly
jimilee
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That was my thought too. I laughed and had to have them.
Dude! I had that same Crapsman meter! It was my first digital meter that I bought in 1997 when my analog meter died and I couldn’t afford a Fluke! That was my primary meter I used up until 2006. Did all I needed for my amp business!Starting a new job on Monday, rewarded myself with some tool upgrades - a Fluke 115 and a Peak DCA75
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As much as I was tempted, I did not splurge on the Fluke tester probe set and picked up this one instead: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GNVFL5D?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
My initial impressions of it are great!
Here's what I am upgrading from:
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The "ancient" Craftsman DMM still works just fine, but it's big, awkward, and clunky. Next to it is my jfet measuring rig which is also being retired. I retested some J201s with the DCA75 and they match up roughly
Hal Harvey
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Yeah, I would have bought it around that same time frame too haha.
chris.knudson
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Don't ever get rid of that Craftsman (or if you do, let me know first). That's both a digital and analog meter, and you don't see those very often.
