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Drawmer and Dbx gate questions. Which to buy?
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<blockquote data-quote="Eric Cagle" data-source="post: 42899" data-attributes="member: 277"><p>Re: Drawmer and Dbx gate questions. Which to buy?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Alan,</p><p>I have always replaced them myself, or had one of my tech friends do it, so I am not sure of the cost in NY for the job. The parts themselves are only a few dollars and an hour or so of shop time should do it. Any good electronics or pro audio repair shop can do the job. You might not ever have a problem (especially with an Aphex since most come from studios) but if you do it will most likely be a cap that has leaked and drifted from spec. I still have lots of ancient analog gear in my racks and have not had to do any repairs in the last 10+ years. I always use a 1500 watt uninterruptible power supply at FOH for the board and racks, which might be a little overkill, but I believe that good clean stable power is one of the reasons all of my gear always works all of the time. I guess the whole point is really that the high end Drawmer and Aphex units are so affordable in the used market right now why not get them. Even at some point if they needed repairing it would still be worth it. For everyone else (and my other rig) there is digital.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eric Cagle, post: 42899, member: 277"] Re: Drawmer and Dbx gate questions. Which to buy? Alan, I have always replaced them myself, or had one of my tech friends do it, so I am not sure of the cost in NY for the job. The parts themselves are only a few dollars and an hour or so of shop time should do it. Any good electronics or pro audio repair shop can do the job. You might not ever have a problem (especially with an Aphex since most come from studios) but if you do it will most likely be a cap that has leaked and drifted from spec. I still have lots of ancient analog gear in my racks and have not had to do any repairs in the last 10+ years. I always use a 1500 watt uninterruptible power supply at FOH for the board and racks, which might be a little overkill, but I believe that good clean stable power is one of the reasons all of my gear always works all of the time. I guess the whole point is really that the high end Drawmer and Aphex units are so affordable in the used market right now why not get them. Even at some point if they needed repairing it would still be worth it. For everyone else (and my other rig) there is digital. [/QUOTE]
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