XPost: sci.electronics.repair   
   From: waiting@the.exit.invalid   
      
   David Nebenzahl  wrote in   
   news:4c92e3e0$0$2393$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers.com:   
      
      
      
   >> 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.   
      
   OK.   
      
   >>> 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.   
      
   OK. Still, next time, test something before you try to use it.   
      
   >> 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.   
      
   OK. I sort of thought this may be the case. I suppose when you   
   played a larger venue, you would just use their PA system so did   
   not need to know anything about 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?   
      
   Slight. IMO, it is always good to know /a little/ about things   
   which, however occasionally, enter you  field of vision.   
      
   >> 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.   
      
   Don't assume anything. I like medieval folk music as much as I   
   like The Sex Pistols /and/ The Carpenters. I do NOT care for   
   acoustic-guitar-based "folk songs" played by Californians, but a   
   lot of European folk music, Irish especially, is really cool.   
   /And/ Eastern-Eur.   
      
      
      
      
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