21 Jan
2006
21 Jan
'06
11:45 a.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
That depends on who the user is. I have certainly been inside my 5153.
You know, if I turn the red gain down on a 5153,
that "brown" does indeed
come out dark yellow....
Yes, but that's not a user-accessible control, so I couldn't use that to prove my point ("it's never been opened to be
messed with", etc.).
AFAIK there was no 'seal' on the 5153. It's hard to know if it's been
taken apart, therefore..
My first question is 'do all the other colours look _exactly_ right?'.
Obviously fidling with the drive controls would affect more than just the
brown clour.
I'm almost positive the 5153 photos that were used as "evidence" were
pictures of, let's face it, a slowly-failing 5153 or similar. I had to
Why 'slowly failing'? It's possible that one of the components in the
brown-kludge circuit has 'run down the curtain and joined the choir
invisible'... It's possible the fault, if there is one, just suddenly
appeared.
-tony