Daniel James wrote: >> It all comes with advantages and disadvantages, even pure analog >> equipment, the only equipment without bizarre annoying technical issues >> > > Analogue gear has bizarre annoying technical issues too. The only > difference is that the vast majority of analogue manufacturers will > supply schematics and spare parts (which we can compare to source code > and patches). > > This is the other reason why I can never recommend Bose consumer > products (no schematics or spares available to independent engineers, > according to my local repair guys). The main reason, I think you can > guess :-) > > In analogue, or even digital stand-alone hardware, it's weird and just > plain wrong not to have full technical documentation available. I > believe we should have the same expectation for software. I've just been > helping a neighbour with her (many) Windows 7 problems, and it's > reminded me that not being able to fix stuff really sucks. > > Cheers! > > Daniel >
Hi Daniel :) first, a little bit OT, any equipment from Bose is waste. Back to the topic, the complete sentence is important: > It all comes with advantages and disadvantages, even pure analog > equipment, the only equipment without bizarre annoying technical > issues, has it's disadvantages, prime cost and care. Maintenance (care) is the name of the game. You need to calibrate, demagnetize, replace dry capacitors, corroded relays etc. all the time. You need the service manuals, in Germany you e.g. could get them from "Schaltungsdienst Lange o.H.G., Postfach 47 06 53, D-12315 Berlin, Tel: 030 / 723 81 410, Fax: 030 / 723 81 500". I don't know if this address is up-to-date, I've taken it from my Yamaha MT44D service manual ;). For analog equipment you need to be an engineer and you need to have money, but if you are an engineer and you do have money, than there aren't any bizarre issues. And to be fair, digital stand-alone equipment is ok too. Cheers, Ralf _______________________________________________ 64studio-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-users
