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What is your scariest moment in High End audio?

After upgrading my digital front end, with another glass of wine in hand, I thought perhaps the analog setup deserved an upgrade from the entry level Kpetsu.

I then discovered that Koetsu was over! A search found a source for a Rosewood Signature Platinum, which I duly purchased and installed, together with a 3 gm weight in the JMW Memorial arm. That went OK, and I set it up using the VPI Scoutmaster jig, set the tracking weight to 1.9 gms, aligned the azimuth and made sure that the Sutherland Duo was set to 100 ohms and 64dB gain.

I settled down to a glorious hour or two of listening.  Then I thought "Did I get the downforce right.  Checked it & spot on.

i put another record on, lowered the arm to the record.  SILENCE (I could actually here the stylus in the groove but that was it.)

OMG.  Yes the cables were in.  Yes the pre was set to input from the deck. Had I destroyed a $6,700 inadvertently?

After 5 minutes of panic I turned off everything and restarted. All OK.  Who knew that a pre-amp could need rebooting?

 

 

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Got an SPL Phonitor Headphone Amp w/24bit/192kHz DAC (Black)

Plugged everything in and powered the system up with a brand new pair of Sennheiser HD-660s.

Smoke started pouring out of the top vent on the SPL Phonitor and as I reached over to unplug it,there was a tremendous POP in my left ear that blew out that channel. A cap exploded and destroyed the headphones. My left ear rang for a half hour.  My retailer replaced the Headphones with an open box unit.  The SPL Phonitor was sent back to Germany.  After a year in service with SPL, my retailer

gave me a refund.  Complete scary nightmare !

 

 

 

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