[LAU] Audio interface for newbies ?

[Will Godfrey]

On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 12:28:39 +0100
Adam Sampson <ats at offog.org> wrote:

> Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> writes:
> 
> >> Looks more and more like replacing the caps on the 1010LT  
> > Is there any rational reason for replacing caps? What caps do you want
> > to replace for what reason?  
> 
> On my 1010LT, one of the filter caps was visibly leaking:
> http://offog.org/notes/delta-1010lt-repair/
> 
> That's a pretty rational reason for replacing them!

I don't know if people are generally aware of this, but round about the turn of
the century, the market was flooded with cheap electrolytics from Taiwan that
were made with a defective electrolyte. Apparently these are *still* turning up
in new equipment and are extremely difficult to identify until they fail :(

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.