Rosewind
Lost in Translation
Oh, I have a few:
(1) A few years ago I received my Line Magnetic DAC with an upgraded Burson V5 opamp loose inside the cabinet. I found out where it was supposed to sit, installed it and powered it up. After a very short while the red plastic surround of the opamp started to melt and there was an ominous smell. Luckily I had neither attached it to the stereo nor popped the lid back on so I watched this at close hand and turned it off almost immediately. After a cooling off period, I placed the opamp in the correct direction, switched it on and ... there was music ... so no harm seems to have been done. I felt like a lucky bastard! It is still inside the DAC today.
(2) I took off the cantilever of my then Benz Micro Gullwing SLR while removing one last speck of dust below the tonearm. I had taken extreme care while dusting the turntable off but then I noticed I had missed a small spot of dust and moved too quickly and ... disaster struck. Luckily my insurance covered 80% of the cost of a rebuild. Once more a lucky bastard! There's a thread on PFM somewhere that documents the slight mishap.
(1) A few years ago I received my Line Magnetic DAC with an upgraded Burson V5 opamp loose inside the cabinet. I found out where it was supposed to sit, installed it and powered it up. After a very short while the red plastic surround of the opamp started to melt and there was an ominous smell. Luckily I had neither attached it to the stereo nor popped the lid back on so I watched this at close hand and turned it off almost immediately. After a cooling off period, I placed the opamp in the correct direction, switched it on and ... there was music ... so no harm seems to have been done. I felt like a lucky bastard! It is still inside the DAC today.
(2) I took off the cantilever of my then Benz Micro Gullwing SLR while removing one last speck of dust below the tonearm. I had taken extreme care while dusting the turntable off but then I noticed I had missed a small spot of dust and moved too quickly and ... disaster struck. Luckily my insurance covered 80% of the cost of a rebuild. Once more a lucky bastard! There's a thread on PFM somewhere that documents the slight mishap.