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Sunday, 25 July 2021

#74 Focusrite Saffire 6 USB 2.0 modding (for stand-alone operation)

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First of all, the main issue with using this stand-alone (without a computer) is that the Xmos controller only enables the analog power supp...
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#73 Focusrite Saffire 6 USB 2.0 teardown

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Initially, i was thinking of getting and modding a Scarlett 2i4 to use as an updated and more flexible in-ear headphone amp, to replace my a...
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Saturday, 24 July 2021

#72 MOTU 828 mk3 teardown

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Yet another eBay score - caught this one with a blown power supply. Blown, as in, skidmark inside the casing, circuit board scorched, tracks...
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Thursday, 22 July 2021

#71 Shure 55SH Series II "Elvis mic" teardown & repair

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The practical side of this one was performed and documented a couple months back, but since i've had this back-log to work through, the ...
Tuesday, 20 July 2021

#70 MOTU Audio Express teardown

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This summer's "already" been quite fruitful, gear-scoring-wise anyway. This find cost me a colossal 86eu, with allegedly none ...
Monday, 19 July 2021

#69 Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 gen2 teardown & repair

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For a little while now, i've been thinking of "upgrading" from my old-but-modded M-Audio Fast Track to use as an in-ear monit...
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Saturday, 27 March 2021

#68 Alesis M1 Active Mk2 rehabilitation, part one

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Over on the Badcaps.net forums , a thread was started all the way back in 2010 , about power supply issues in these arguably "classic...
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Monday, 8 February 2021

#67 Audient iD22 part 2: the repair

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  And now, getting back to the issue affecting this unit... As pointed out in the ad, the LT3439 apparently used to have a piddly little h...
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Thursday, 4 February 2021

#66 Audient iD22 teardown

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Despite having hoped to nab an Audient interface for some time now, only quite recently did i manage to get my hands on one. Since i'm a...
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Tuesday, 19 January 2021

#65 Focusrite Saffire PRO 40 teardown & repair

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Ok, time for some nostalgia. My first "big" interface (as in, not just a little 2in/2out jobbie) was a Saffire PRO 40, that i boug...
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Monday, 18 January 2021

#64 Vocaltone D7 microphone (Shure SM57 clone) teardown & measurements

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Literally last week, a local friend gave me a heads-up on a ridiculous sale that a big electronics retailer nearby was having, on some knock...
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Friday, 18 September 2020

#63 M-Audio M-Track 2x2M C-series teardown & repair

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Boy, that's a lot of M's up there... But yeah, here's another eBay score, bought as faulty. Basically, because it was too cheap ...
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Tuesday, 21 July 2020

#62 Jamo Sub 200 modding

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For background / context: https://mehlau.net/audio/multisub_geddes/ I had been off-and-on "hunting" for a twin, for my Jamo Sub ...
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Monday, 25 May 2020

#61 MOTU 896 mk3 Hybrid teardown (post-recap)

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Since relatively recently acquiring the MOTU 8M , once i got around to swapping it out for the 896 mk3 in my recording rack, i figured it mi...
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Monday, 30 March 2020

#60 MOTU 8M teardown

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Well, this one's a "biggie" - i had been lusting after one of these for a few years now, but the price was (and technically st...
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