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Audio Tweak gone bad...similar experiences?

Hello,

As I said in a post earlier this morning, my right channel of my Classe DAC-1 has stopped working...I think I know what happened. I found a penny and placed it on top of my right channel speaker in hopes to "improve" the sound...Something that I was inspired by after reading some of the posts on Clever Little Clock. Got myself an atomic clock in my listening room which seems to help, so I was wondering if other things would help as well...Come to find out I think that the penny ruined my DAC! I have no other explanation for it other than that, so DAMN, that will be the last time I try that!

Peace,
Ben
bearotti
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onhwy61
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You need to experiment with the placement and orientation of the penny. Some people swear by Lincoln head up, others prefer Lincoln head down. Trust your ears! Also, you might experiment with some cryo'd-NOS "wheat" pennies. They're reputed to be the greatest advance in sound reproduction in the last 30 years.
bearotti OP
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My penny was a 1982, same as my birth year, that I found on my birthday while at work a few weeks ago. I figured that it had to be a sign of good luck...apparently not!
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philjolet
2,306 posts
 
blue tac under the penny works good, the super mini vibro pods work less good, plus remember to de ox the penny once a month
jea48
4,423 posts
 
I have found NOS pennies from the 50s work the best. Early 60s NOS pennies are ok, but anything newer you are just wasting your money. Just my 2 cents....
bojack
650 posts
 
Was the penny oxygen-free? Sometimes the OF pennies, in a desperate attempt to obtain oxygen (especially the older ones), will steal oxygen from nearby components. (I've had tweeters, CDPs, even cables go like this.) I think you had such a penny, and your DAC was the victim. I'd do a diagnostic on the DAC, checking for blue ICs or a faint wheezing in the output stage.
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