Doepfer

Hello Dieter,

I'm in favour of the additional front panels, I would have mine replaced.

Greetings

Anton

On 13 Oct 2005, at 13:39, Dieter Doepfer wrote:

> Ernst,
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> the reason is very simple: Originally the spring system was mounted to the
> pc board (you still see the mounting holes on the pc board) but later we
> decided to enclose the spring system unassambled so that it can be placed
> anywhere within the system. We still have about 50-60 A-199 modules with the
> 10HP front panels left. After this we plan to change the front panel to 8
> HP. Maybe we will manufacture some additional A-199 front panels with 8HP so
> that 10 HP panels can be replaced. But this will happen not before end of
> 2005 or early 2006 as we sell only about 15-20 A-199 every month.
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> We tried several shieldings (up to a completely closed box made of 1.5 mm
> steel) but found that they did not attenuate the magnetic field
> sufficiently. We never tried mu-metal as it is very expensive and our
> housing and front panel manufacturer had this material not in stock. I'd
> recommend the PSUII as this solves the problems. If you are a bit
> experienced with electronics and mechanics you could even replace the
> standard transformer by the ring core transformer which is available as a
> spare parts. But recommend this only if you have experience with such things
> (danger to life !).
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> Best wishes
> Dieter Doepfer
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> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com]Im Auftrag von Ernst Karel
> > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 13. Oktober 2005 12:28
> > An: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
> > Betreff: [Doepfer_a100] trimming faceplate on A-199 spring reverb
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> > The A-199 spring reverb module is 10 HP wide, but I can't see any
> > reason why it couldn't be
> > the standard 8 HP -- the electronics are less wide than that and
> > there are no knobs or jacks
> > on the right side of the faceplate.  I'm actually thinking about
> > trying to trim the faceplate
> > down to 8 HP in order to get more space (I could fit in an extra
> > 4 HP module on that row if I
> > did).
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> > Is this a stupid idea?  Does anyone have any experience doing this?
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> > thanks,
> > Ernst
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