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
An atomic clock on top of each speaker works wonders. Might even fix your problem.
1. make sure the penny doesn't fall and short across your speaker leads

2. you gotta use a wheatie (wheat eared pennies don't have that harsh solid state sound)

3. only then are you ready to take the tweakies advice above (all of which I agree with... especially when the pieces of advice are in direct disagreement)
I haven't laughed this hard in a LONG time (seriously, tears here). Thanks, Ben.
Pennies and digital have bad synergy. Since digital is only 1's and 0's. You need to go analog if you use pennies.

For digital, you'll need coinage that is an even number like 10 cents or 50 cents.

BTW, you'll want solid core pennies not the crap aluminum core the U.S. mint is pumping out today.
Cdc, With all due respect I must strongly disagree with your premise. He was using the penny on top of his right speaker. Last time I checked speakers are still an analog device. Though some times called digital ready, confusing.....

Any way after spending several hour into the late night hours, rereading Bearotti's post over and over looking for a clue to what possibly could of caused the right channel of his DAc to go out, it hit me.

>>"I found a penny and placed it on top of my right channel speaker in hopes to "improve" the sound...'<<
[Bearotti]

He found a penny!!!
Heads up? Or tails up? Everybody knows you never pick up a penny that is tails up, It is bad luck....
Jim