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Really Bad - Read to Chuck it

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Posted on September 25, 2014 at 07:55:02
Brian Levy
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 Wednesday was a day better missed:

1. My old KLH 27 developed a weird tuner oscillation so had to take it off line, not a major catastrophe.

2. I recently bought a 2nd 27, so put it into service. It was gone through before I bought it. Within a couple of hours the right channel died.

3. Was listening to my Koss ESP9b phones and noticed a pronounced hum so, had to take them offline.

4. Best thing that happened all day having to go to the hospital for a lengthy MRI.

When 4 is the highlight of a day, you know it is a day better skipped.

I did open the Koss box and found all the screws were loose and snugged them up and that fixed that problem. Other was a bigger concern than the receivers as the receivers as much as I like them are not crucial to my listening enjoyment while the phones are all but irreplaceable for me.

Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada

 

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RE: Really Bad - Read to Chuck it, posted on September 25, 2014 at 08:54:35
6bq5
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 I hope that the verdict from the MRI was similar to the 'phones and not the receivers....
Good luck, & happy listening
Happy Listening

 

RE: Really Bad - Read to Chuck it, posted on September 25, 2014 at 09:06:44
airtime
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 Best of luck. MRI and bad day should NEVER be used in the same sentence.

Stay well
charles

 

RE: Really Bad - Read to Chuck it, posted on September 25, 2014 at 09:23:12
Crazy Dave
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 At least you didn't forget to take your watch off for the MRI. There is always a silver lining!

Dave

 

At least is sounds like you've got a great attitude!, posted on September 25, 2014 at 09:30:51
E-Stat
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 Maybe Mikey can work his usual magic on your receivers. His Motown location isn't terribly far from you in The Great White North.

 

RE: Really Bad - Read to Chuck it, posted on September 25, 2014 at 15:39:38
airtime
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 Maybe he can take some of those stereo into the MRI. Find out whats going on!

charles

 

RE: At least is sounds like you've got a great attitude!, posted on September 25, 2014 at 17:27:28
Brian Levy
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 Maybe I will take Airtime's idea and have an MRI dome on them and send the MRI file to Mike.


Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada

 

RE: Really Bad - Read to Chuck it, posted on September 26, 2014 at 07:40:32
sanman
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 Hang in there, guy. Hope the days to come are better!
"When the demon is at your door, in the mornin' it won't be there no more"
Steely Dan

 

Environment, posted on September 26, 2014 at 09:12:26
Awe-d-o-file
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 Older receivers are quite susceptible to modern noise sources. Did you install something new in the house somewhere? (assumed house) I hope you get things going again.


ET
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"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936

 

RE: Environment, posted on September 27, 2014 at 07:54:50
Brian Levy
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 No but, did move the receiver near a phone jack and use dsl. It might be an issue as since installing dsl the phones are sensitive to new noise.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada

 

RE: Environment, posted on October 1, 2014 at 08:16:30
Crazy Dave
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 DSLs are very noisy.

Dave

 

RE: Environment, posted on October 5, 2014 at 07:36:44
Brian Levy
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 So we found out. The wiring in the house and to it are in poor condition and over 60 years old. Not a good combo but it all worked for the phones if someone did not breath on the external wiring that is so patched and mickey moused between houses I am surprised we are not getting someone else's calls.

After the install thankfully we had a supply of phones going back some years. We had the filters in place but had to go through all of the phones to find enough that were quiet enough to use and still occasionally have an issue. The phone company says the lines while old still meet the requirements phone service and the problem is dsl related. The dsl service says it is a phone line issue as the lines do not meet the current required line specification and are required to be replaced at no charge up to the house by the phone company.

Last we heard was from a technical support person working next door who traced lines from the house to some two other homes that each had wires running to and from them back and forth. He saw the wire and clamps were phone company and therefore not jacked lines and he said the company really needed to dig up the entire area, some 20 blocks and lay fresh cable which they are not doing. He thinks they are fighting any attempt to do these jobs as they see in the future the discontinuance of land cabled phones and not reason to maintain an obsolete technology. I believe he is right in his assessment. It is like maintaining open sewer trenches on roadways designed to receive and channel horse outputs when horses are no longer in popular use.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada

 

Two words, posted on October 5, 2014 at 08:12:55
Inmate51
 Verizon FiOS.

They installed fiber lines in our neighborhood a few years ago. We signed up about two years ago for high speed Internet and the phone service. They ran a fiber leg up to the house, installed the stuff, and we haven't had single issue. 50 Mbps net wireless router, seven phones (three land, four cell), unlimited texting, all for $220/month. I'm a happy guy.

:)

 

RE: Two words, posted on October 6, 2014 at 08:36:43
Crazy Dave
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 We have FIOS too.

Dave

 

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