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Re: Digital crapulence!

2010-09-15 by Bill Tomlinson

--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "Bob S." <tttsystems@...> wrote:
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> Did the substitution work?  Is it quiet ?
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> Thanks
> Bob
> El Segundo, CA
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NO! Did nothing. Further checking revealed the "ESP" chip had failed.
Ordered one from www.syntaur.com and BINGO !: beautiful music again !
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>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Bill Tomlinson 
>   To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 11:05
>   Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Digital crapulence!
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>   Just got a VFX-sd on the bench. WORST SOUND EVER !Buzzy. distorted. crappy. no semblance of timber. Found the AD1856 D/A converter had died. could not find an original, so crossed it to a TI PCM56 from Mouser.
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