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  1. Lazarus Short

    Bad DAC

    Yes, they are socketed.
  2. Lazarus Short

    Bad DAC

    Yes, already looking...and thanks!
  3. Lazarus Short

    Bad DAC

    I thought Burr-Brown, but given that the unit is Chi-Fi, I thought about counterfeit as well.
  4. Lazarus Short

    Bad DAC

    OK...but it wasn't easy. To assist my 72 year-old eyes, I used one of my microscopes...so I had to read upside-down, which I'm fairly good at. Here's the code: BB OPA2604AP 66W1FCB There were three, all with the same code.
  5. Lazarus Short

    Bad DAC

    I took a look under the hood, and there was nothing obviously wrong. No caps were blown or leaking, and some of them are high grade - Nichicon Muse for instance. I counted five opamps - two on the headphone board (of little interest) and three on another board, so I may replace them later. In...
  6. Lazarus Short

    Bad DAC

    I got a Zhaolu D2.5 DAC used at an audio meet some time ago - a good deal. I've been using it to interface the TV's digital output with the preamp, but sound quality has been going south. So, I put the Luxman in its place, as the Luxman A-007 has an internal DAC, and the sound is now smooth as...
  7. Lazarus Short

    How did it take me so long to find this Forum? Hi everyone!

    That impells my mind to do a parody of an old song my dad sang years ago: "Techs, geeks and wild engineers - they'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane."
  8. Lazarus Short

    A Worthy Antenna

    Sorry to disappoint, but I used what I had on hand, a more modern version of rabbit ears, but they work well.
  9. Lazarus Short

    A Worthy Antenna

    The weather is cooling - raining all day - not fit to be out, but the nice thing is that the FM reception is excellent!
  10. Lazarus Short

    TOTL to ZERO

    Thanks! I may just try that one of these days...
  11. Lazarus Short

    Funny pictures...

    So what's holding Halloween back? I got the first whiff of it in late July.
  12. Lazarus Short

    Hello from Nashville!

    WELCOME!
  13. Lazarus Short

    VCR Player

    I mean, it's either the machine or the tape. Try another tape or traipse on down to your local thrift store and buy another machine. Easy peasy.
  14. Lazarus Short

    VCR Player

    Have you tried a different tape? BTW, WELCOME!
  15. Lazarus Short

    TOTL to ZERO

    Mine is the S7000, and as good as I thought the Pioneer unit was, and it was good, the Sony left it face-down in a muddy ditch. I believed for too long that the Denon was the best I had.
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