XPost: sci.electronics.repair   
   From: nobody@but.us.chickens   
      
   On 9/16/2010 8:30 PM thanatoid spake thus:   
      
   > David Nebenzahl  wrote in   
   > news:4c929dd6$0$2393$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers.com:   
   >   
   >> I am not a professional electronics repairperson.   
   >   
   > Neither am I.   
   >   
   >> I don't maintain a repair shop, nor solicit repairs.   
   >   
   > Neither do I.   
   >   
   >> This is why I own no XLR connectors: normally I have absolutely no   
   >> need for such things. I have no sound equipment, microphones, etc.   
   >   
   > I used to sing (using the term loosely) and play guitar   
   > (etc.) in bands, so I have a ton of XLR (and other)   
   > connectors and cables, etc. I understand not everyone has   
   > such items on site.   
      
   Good. Sound reinforcement was never my responsibility even when I was in   
   this band.   
      
   >> This one just landed in my lap. I used to be in a   
   >> band, the leader of which just recently died, and when we   
   >> tried to use this amp at a gig, it failed.   
   >   
   > It's not a bad idea to test other people's   
   > instruments/equipment before using them, let alone WHEN DOING   
   > A GIG.   
      
   The amp was not essential to the gig; we just wanted to use it to make   
   announcements during the performance, as it was also a memorial to the   
   founder of the band who had just died a week before. Since we were   
   playing in a relatively small room, we make do without.   
      
   > And there were NO other cables on the stage at the time, huh?   
      
   Nope. We're an acoustic band, generally play without any sound   
   reinforcement at all.   
      
   >> I offered to diagnose it and determine what was wrong with   
   >> it.   
   >   
   > Hmm. So you ALSO used to be in a band, and you don't have a   
   > single XLR cable in the house?   
      
   Nope. You see a problem with that?   
      
   > Hmm. What kind of band?   
      
   Eastern European and Balkan folk and popular (from a previous century)   
   music. Mostly totally obsolete music that most people haven't heard and   
   don't care about.   
      
      
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