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<blockquote data-quote="Timo Ulkuniemi" data-source="post: 59913" data-attributes="member: 1978">Re: Fun with the X32HelloAfter reading that some people had issues with their desks I checked mine - alles gut - kaikki hyvin - everything o.k.I&nbsp; understand, that for the individual, who gets a sticky knob or fader,&nbsp; it is at least awkward, for some - they loose their sleep.But&nbsp; before we start singing in choir . &quot; Yeah - just what we expected&quot; or&nbsp; anything as unfair, since there must already by now be thousands or&nbsp; tenthousands perfectly working units out . Thanks Almighty we do NOT get&nbsp; report of all those - this forum would seem very monotonous - &quot;I´ve got&nbsp; it - everything is o.k.&quot; - 10.000 times / 500 pages.I - as old&nbsp; Studer-lover - remember, how I bought Studer A67 portable VU-version at&nbsp; 1976 or so... - it worked first allright, but after some months a&nbsp; problem started. Tape transport went bezerk - all control-lights were&nbsp; blinking - no action on machine - no smoke either.The kind a guy&nbsp; as I am - I did NOT take it to import company service - though in same&nbsp; town - but opened it myself. I started measuring the voltages on PSU and&nbsp; quickly discovered, that +5V line was low - very low. Culprit was -&nbsp; believe it or not - NOT the regulator, but the screw, that was holding&nbsp; it against heatsink. The person fastening it had put it in at wrong&nbsp; angle and it jammed after one or two turns without pushing the regulator&nbsp; tight against heatsink. Since they wre using pressure-air screwdrivers,&nbsp; he/she propably never noticed anything different from normal.It&nbsp; took quite long time for the machine to run to heat up 5V regulator -&nbsp; so it passed the inspection. I too had it working without any issues for&nbsp; months.After putting the same screw in at right angle and&nbsp; tightening it all the way down the problem was resolved. That A67 is&nbsp; still around and working.It costed 17.000 FIM at the time - reasonable slary was 1500 FIM per month - so quite expensive, but good sounding.SO&nbsp; - what Iam trying to say is : Let´s not allow some bad units spoil the&nbsp; whole scenario - of course we all hope, that Behringer will take good&nbsp; care of those - it has happened to Studer, too - and propably just about&nbsp; any manufacturer in business.Nuuska</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Timo Ulkuniemi, post: 59913, member: 1978"] Re: Fun with the X32 Hello After reading that some people had issues with their desks I checked mine - alles gut - kaikki hyvin - everything o.k. I understand, that for the individual, who gets a sticky knob or fader, it is at least awkward, for some - they loose their sleep. But before we start singing in choir . " Yeah - just what we expected" or anything as unfair, since there must already by now be thousands or tenthousands perfectly working units out . Thanks Almighty we do NOT get report of all those - this forum would seem very monotonous - "I´ve got it - everything is o.k." - 10.000 times / 500 pages. I - as old Studer-lover - remember, how I bought Studer A67 portable VU-version at 1976 or so... - it worked first allright, but after some months a problem started. Tape transport went bezerk - all control-lights were blinking - no action on machine - no smoke either. The kind a guy as I am - I did NOT take it to import company service - though in same town - but opened it myself. I started measuring the voltages on PSU and quickly discovered, that +5V line was low - very low. Culprit was - believe it or not - NOT the regulator, but the screw, that was holding it against heatsink. The person fastening it had put it in at wrong angle and it jammed after one or two turns without pushing the regulator tight against heatsink. Since they wre using pressure-air screwdrivers, he/she propably never noticed anything different from normal. It took quite long time for the machine to run to heat up 5V regulator - so it passed the inspection. I too had it working without any issues for months. After putting the same screw in at right angle and tightening it all the way down the problem was resolved. That A67 is still around and working. It costed 17.000 FIM at the time - reasonable slary was 1500 FIM per month - so quite expensive, but good sounding. SO - what Iam trying to say is : Let´s not allow some bad units spoil the whole scenario - of course we all hope, that Behringer will take good care of those - it has happened to Studer, too - and propably just about any manufacturer in business. Nuuska [/QUOTE]

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