Xpantastic!

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> --- In xpantastic@yahoogroups.com, "envia94" <akva@> wrote:
> >
> > I have had a similar flickering light on my fridge for year. I think
> it is not serious in case of an 
> > Xpander either. That's probably a property of the bulb itself due to
> some manufacturing 
> > tolerances. Although stable LEDs were invented, they were not used
> in Xpanders, if I'm not 
> > wrong:
> > 
> > http://web.mit.edu/invent/n-pressreleases/n-press-04LMP.html
> >
> 
> Ok, that's good to know...  it's just odd that it seemed correlated
> with how well the filters tuned.. It had me hesitating about even
> turning it on, but maybe that's been overcautious.
>

From: mattvrazo
Subject: [xpantastic] Power switch flickering - problem/question
To: xpantastic@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 2:13 AM

I thought I better start a new post instead of 'jack the DAC thread.

I noticed recently that depending on the angle of my xpander i.e.
flat, versus angled on a rack where it normally sits, there is
flickering in the power switch light. There is more flickering the
more horizintal it is, and none at all when it is vertical.

I don't know if it's coincidence that it seemed the only trouble I
ever had with tuning (the filters, not the voices), was when it was
flat. All the filters passed, but the they were never completely when
self-oscillating (they are when it's more vertical). They kept being
out of tune on two voices in particular, so I thought it might have
been a filter chip issue, but then I put it back on the rack and had
no problem.

More than anything, I am worried the flickering is indication that
something is somehow "moving" around... something power supply related:/

I plan to have the whole thing pre-emptively serviced (recapped) soon
anyways, but does anyone have any clue what the flicker might be a
sign or, or the result of?

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> funny you should mention the vertical vs. horizontal placement of the synth...watched a video interview of the guy from goldfrapp (it's quite good i thought http://tv.sonicstate.com/play.php?vid=155) and he says old synths store better on their sides. he doesn't seem to know why but i'd imagine he's dealt with a lot of synth repair and synth repair folks over the years. 
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> --- On Fri, 2/27/09, mattvrazo <vrazomatt@...> wrote:
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> From: mattvrazo <vrazomatt@...>
> Subject: [xpantastic] Power switch flickering - problem/question
> To: xpantastic@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 2:13 AM
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>             I thought I better start a new post instead of 'jack the DAC thread.
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> I noticed recently that depending on the angle of my xpander i.e.
> 
> flat, versus angled on a rack where it normally sits, there is
> 
> flickering in the power switch light.  There is more flickering the
> 
> more horizintal it is, and none at all when it is vertical. 
> 
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> 
> I don't know if it's coincidence that it seemed the only trouble I
> 
> ever had with tuning (the filters, not the voices), was when it was
> 
> flat.  All the filters passed, but the they were never completely when
> 
> self-oscillating (they are when it's more vertical).  They kept being
> 
> out of tune on two voices in particular, so I thought it might have
> 
> been a filter chip issue, but then I put it back on the rack and had
> 
> no problem.
> 
> 
> 
> More than anything, I am worried the flickering is indication that
> 
> something is somehow "moving" around...  something power supply related:/
> 
> 
> 
> I plan to have the whole thing pre-emptively serviced (recapped) soon
> 
> anyways, but does anyone have any clue what the flicker might be a
> 
> sign or, or the result of?
>