XPost: sci.electronics.repair   
   From: waiting@the.exit.invalid   
      
   David Nebenzahl  wrote in   
   news:4c929dd6$0$2393$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers.com:   
      
   > On 9/16/2010 8:15 AM thanatoid spake thus:   
      
      
      
   >> WHAT? You did NOT do that when you removed all the screws?   
   >> I have not been reading the thread carefully ever since   
   >> you ignored my request for a photograph, but DUUH!   
   >>   
   >>> The amp appears to be fine; there's either a problem with   
   >>> the XLR mike input jack, or with the mike cable we were   
   >>> using. (Can't test because I have no XLR plugs.)   
   >>   
   >> WHERE are you (as in, forest, garage with NO tools, an   
   >> audio shop run by Scientologists who believe the e-meter   
   >> is the only piece of electronic test equipment anyone   
   >> needs) ????????   
   >>   
   >> SIGH.   
   >>   
   >> BTW, I have learned over the last 4 decades that it's   
   >> ALWAYS the cable (and if it's not, you **still** test any   
   >> cables FIRST before you do ANYTHING, including attempting   
   >> to open an audio box [when you should let your friends   
   >> open your canned food for you] let alone flooding an NG   
   >> with clueless posts for a week), and /had/ you posted like   
   >> a person with a clue, I would have told you to try another   
   >> cable - I know you don't have one, BUY one!   
   >   
   > Look, you little fuck   
      
   Is that the BEST you can do? C'mon! Work with me here!   
      
   > (and keep in mind that *you* were the   
   > first one in this thread to use profanity)   
      
   OMG! Profanity on the Usenet! My transgression is   
   unforgivable! Please have the motherfucking pigs come and   
   arrest me STAT!   
      
   > let me explain my situation for your little pea-brain to   
   > understand.   
      
   I have a HUGE head, I can never find a hat to fit me. And I   
   have an IQ of 134. Not THAT high, but odds /are/ it's higher   
   than yours. OTOH, head and brain size have nothing to do with   
   intelligence.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   And there were NO other cables on the stage at the time, huh?   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Hmm. What kind of band?   
      
   > I'm 99.99% sure that the problem is outboard of the jack   
   > connections on the amp simply by doing the "touch the input   
   > connection and listen for hum" test. The amp responded   
   > admirably well to this test, so I'm certain it works.The   
   > problem, then, is obviously either the jack on the amp   
   > or somewhere in the microphone cable being used. There   
   > wasn't enough time to get another cable and test it.   
      
   No, of course not.   
      
   > So if you want to continue to berate me for some perceived   
   > slight against the propriety of this newsgroup, which after   
   > all is supposed to be a source of information for people   
   > seeking such, well then, go right ahead and be my guest.   
      
   I am not berating you, I understand why you posted your   
   question here, but you or someone you know DO have a digital   
   camera, you DO know how to use the internet, and you SHOULD   
   HAVE CHECKED THE CABLE before spending a week trying to open   
   a box you are not qualified to look inside of!   
      
   WHAT were you expecting to find, a soldered cable connection   
   /inside a sealed enclosure/ which just /decided/ to come   
   undone for no reason whatsoever?   
      
   And, BTW - an e-meter (q.v.) CAN be used to test cables, as I   
   realized after posting. But I waited, hoping for an   
   entertaining reply - and I was NOT disappointed! ;-)   
      
      
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