Re: wall wart grief

[Will Brake <wbrake@home.com>]

David,

I have known the Kaoss units to fail with no prompting. I suspect a bad
lot of parts, but supply issues could certainly be counted as potential
causes. Korg has been pretty tight lipped when it comes to supporting
the repair of these units. It took months for them to get service docs
together and they won't do board swaps under warranty. I've personally
worked on six of them since they came out. I think I've seen two
Nanocomps for problems since they were released. They are very reliable
units. I have yet to see the DL-4 or AirFX in need of repair. 

Be Well

Will Brake
Soul Fruit


> 
> Oy!  Wish life were simpler, eh?  I have three Korg Kaoss pads, a DL-4, 
>an
> Alesis AirFX and Nanocomp and a couple of simple self made mixers based 
>on
> an AC wart (and a Littlelite!).  I am very inclined to the "if you pass 
>a dc
> voltage into the rectifiers, they simply pass the current through" 
>theory,
> so if anyone here has experience with these specific devices going up in
> smoke I'd appreciate hearing about it before I make the plunge.  
>Otherwise,
> maybe I'll be giving you business, Will...
> 
> DLM
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