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A very weird (to me) issue with an Audible Illusions Modulus L2B ...

This is my second AI preamp - they sound fantastic but, as we all know, their CS is sh*t, which is why I'm posting here rather than wasting my time trying to call them (I've been waiting for 9 months for a response to a query about getting a copy of an owner's manual for my 30+ year old S-120 amp - after several phone calls, e-mails providing name, rank and serial number at Art's insistence, and unfulfilled promises).

Anyway, about 3 months ago, the blue backlight behind the selector knob went out.  Not really a big deal, and I figured I could live with it that way as it didn't affect the sound in any noticeable way. I just assumed that the diode/led/whater-it-is had burned out and that eventually I'd get around to replacing it. BUT, when I turned it on about an hour ago, the 'broken' backlight is working perfectly fine, but the lights behind the two smaller center knobs (left and right gain - remember, this is the L2B line stage, not a full function preamp, so the knobs are slighlty different, but presumably, the backlighting scheme is the same) started flickering (not in sync with one another) and now they are out, but the one that's been out for 3 months remains on. And, as I'm writing this, the light behind the right gain knob just came back on, but the one behind the left gain knob is still out.  The light behind the main volume knob seems unaffected.  Obviously, these backlights are not in the circuit, so this is essentially a cosmetic issue, but I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this and what, if anything, they did to fix it.

Thanks, and Happy Turkey Day!!

 

Neil

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We had an old farmer neighbor in the early 70s who bought a new Chevrolet.  As part of gov’t meddling in new car manufacturing his new car had a large, square seatbelt warning light in the middle of the dash that would not go out until the driver’s seatbelt was fastened.  He solved that annoying problem with a piece of black tape strategically placed directly over the warning light.  

Your problem might benefit with a similar solution.

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Too funny.  The 1960s-70s was a different world.  We rode in the back of pickup trucks and bicycle helmets didn’t exist.  We had lawn darts and clackers.  Clackers were two hard plastic balls on a string.  The trick was to swing them so the balls bounced back and forth against each other.  Eventually, when the balls shattered and had maimed enough little kids, they were banned.  Lawn darts were 2 lb spears that were tossed into the air with the goal to land them in a small hoop on the ground.  Not pretty when they landed on someone’s head.

Smoking was as commonplace as bottled water is today.

What I miss the most are French fries cooked in trans fat.  Nothing compares to the taste of fries in the good ole days.

My uncle talked of a time- up until the 1940s when you could see how your new shoes fit by putting your feet under a flouroscope at the shoe store.  That’s right, an x-ray machine sitting out in the open in a shoe store.  They were phased out when people’s feet started falling off, apparently.

Gov’t meddling or personal freedoms/choice.

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