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Re: [CZsynth] Broken 101

2018-09-13 by Sean Luke

I don't know how much for sure -- I think "for parts" ones usually go for a bit north of $100 on ebay, but I could double-check.  Where are you located?

I picked up the unit in order to write a patch editor for Edisyn.  I've got the editor about half-finished, but it's frustrating testing it with a synth in this condition.  However I'd ultimately want to finish the patch editor first (a few weeks probably) and then resell the synth.  Disappointing through.

Sean

> On Sep 13, 2018, at 2:31 AM, fingermush hcfx Fingermush@... [CZsynth] <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Sounds like paid opamps. How much?
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> On Mon, Sep 10, 2018, 6:07 PM Sean Luke sean@cs.gmu.edu <mailto:sean@...> [CZsynth] <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CZsynth@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:
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> I have a CZ-101 whose sound output (in both the headphone jack and the line out) is super, super ultra low and obviously extremely noisy at that level.
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> I have shorted across my CZ-101's thump relay to test it and no change has been made in sound quality: so it's not the relay. I had supposed that this was the case anyway because both the headphones *and* line out are low, and the relay only handles the line out from my reading of the circuit board diagram.
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> My inclination is to sell the unit for parts -- I don't have the talent to test for and replace the op-amp, low pass filter, etc.
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> 1. Does anyone have any ideas I should test for before tossing the unit?
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> 2. I'm in the Washington DC area; reselling this for parts is not worth the postage. If you'd like to try your hand at fixing the machine, send me mail! Otherwise up on Craigslist it goes!
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> Sean
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