Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Well DSI is in St. Helena, so if thats not too far, take it to the
source (or at least call them)

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "notaryandtax" <notaryandtax@y...>
wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> 
>   I picked up a new PEK yesterday from guitar center in San Jose. 
> When I plugged it in the 1st time it got stuck in the boot sequence
> and froze.  I tried power cycling/unplug-replug the AC adapter etc no
> luck.  Finally I let it sit for a couple minutes and tried again. 
> This time it booted up no problem.  I tried power cycling to see what
> happened and the same result.  Lock ups...unless I let it sit at least
> 1 minute between tries.  After it did boot, I played with it for about
> 20 minutes and I started getting horrible clipping/distortion out of
> voice #1.  This morning it's about a 50/50 chance at a successful
boot.  
> 
> I feel sick to my stomach as the store has no more new in boxes and
> only the floor demo left.  This is the most expensive synth I've ever
> bought and I've never had a problem like this before.  Is this a
> serious hardware/heat related thing I need to return to the store? 
> Has anyone had this problem straight out of the box?  Any fix I can do?
> 
> Thanks,
>   Dennis
>