Re: [LAU] Audio interface for newbies ?

On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 12:28:39 +0100
Adam Sampson <ats@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

> Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@email-addr-hidden-dsl.net> writes:
>
> >> Looks more and more like replacing the caps on the 1010LT
> > Is there any rational reason for replacing caps? What caps do you want
> > to replace for what reason?
>
> On my 1010LT, one of the filter caps was visibly leaking:
> http://offog.org/notes/delta-1010lt-repair/
>
> That's a pretty rational reason for replacing them!

I don't know if people are generally aware of this, but round about the turn of
the century, the market was flooded with cheap electrolytics from Taiwan that
were made with a defective electrolyte. Apparently these are *still* turning up
in new equipment and are extremely difficult to identify until they fail :(

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
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