NY2A REPAIR !!!!
NY2A REPAIR !!!!
Man, I've now fruitlessly called electro-harmonix / new sensor at least 10 times, emailed at least 5, and have talked to Rick via email or phone a few times with only the promise that "we are coming out with a mod that will solve all these issues in a month".
EDIT: (removed some bitching)
NY2A owners, *what is the deal*?!
EDIT: (removed some bitching)
NY2A owners, *what is the deal*?!
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started with the right channel making noises / thresholds way off.
then a fuse blew. i changed the fuse. then it worked perfect... for an hour.
then it stopped passing audio and the magic eye meters lost power. however, other lights come on, etc. but no audio! (except in bypass obviously)
i dunno what to do. i'd take it to a local repair guy except i know electro-harmonix gear is just generally fucked and tricky with parts etc.
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then a fuse blew. i changed the fuse. then it worked perfect... for an hour.
then it stopped passing audio and the magic eye meters lost power. however, other lights come on, etc. but no audio! (except in bypass obviously)
i dunno what to do. i'd take it to a local repair guy except i know electro-harmonix gear is just generally fucked and tricky with parts etc.
-mike
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A little update:
Apparently they've finished designing the mod at the factory. I only talked to Rick on the phone briefly but he said something about installing a fan and a new power grid... I'm gonna send it out on Tuesday and hope that this does the trick!
Apparently they've finished designing the mod at the factory. I only talked to Rick on the phone briefly but he said something about installing a fan and a new power grid... I'm gonna send it out on Tuesday and hope that this does the trick!
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Awesome. Let me know how that goes. Rick is great. I am glad you are talking to him...dynomike wrote:A little update:
Apparently they've finished designing the mod at the factory. I only talked to Rick on the phone briefly but he said something about installing a fan and a new power grid... I'm gonna send it out on Tuesday and hope that this does the trick!
TWO MONTHS and dozens of phone calls LATER
They still have my compressor "on the bench" and "it'll be back next week" and "call back tomorrow" and all that bullshit. Do they not have even ONE functional NY2A they could send me? Ridic!!!
Of the 6 months I've owned it, its been properly working maybe a week, kind of working for 2 months, and not working at all for 4 months. What a great sounding piece of shit.
They still have my compressor "on the bench" and "it'll be back next week" and "call back tomorrow" and all that bullshit. Do they not have even ONE functional NY2A they could send me? Ridic!!!
Of the 6 months I've owned it, its been properly working maybe a week, kind of working for 2 months, and not working at all for 4 months. What a great sounding piece of shit.
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Like Joel, I also live in NY. I"ve owned my NY2a for about 2 years. I have to say I love it!!!! But it didn't come without problems. The first one blew out and they replaced it. Had the next one for about a year and a half. The same thing happened to me with the fuse. Replaced it but it didn't pass audio. Brought it straight to them. They had it for about 3 weeks. Cut in a silent fan, Changed and upgraded the power supply. replaced some bad caps and tubes. It now works flawlessly for about 2 months. They aren't the best service wise but not the worst either. But to me, this compressor is worth it. As long as it doesn't go down again. Be patient... I know it's hard. But you'll be happy as soon as you throw your first vocal through it.
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oh, man. ouch.
Wow.
Yeah, the thing is totally crazy. I love it on certain things, but I agree with you about the PITA factor. If i didnt live near EH, and be able to go up there, I would probably get really frustrated with them.
Rick is your best bet. He is a great guy. I promise.
I hope you get your comp back soon and it is rocking for you. the NY2A has so much potential!
Wow.
Yeah, the thing is totally crazy. I love it on certain things, but I agree with you about the PITA factor. If i didnt live near EH, and be able to go up there, I would probably get really frustrated with them.
Rick is your best bet. He is a great guy. I promise.
I hope you get your comp back soon and it is rocking for you. the NY2A has so much potential!
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It really is a really, really cool compressor. it does things no other compressor does. the switching of the light source for the opto circuit is genius, and you wind up with a unit that feels like an LA3A (yes, "3", not "2"), then morphs into something like an old altec 436 (not opto, again, I know), and then totally bonkers unlike anything else with the incandescent bulb as the source.calaverasgrandes wrote:good thing I read this. I actually had that on my wish list
Maybe they will sort out the reliability issues, or you can chance it and have a very unique comp at an incredible price that will fuck up sometimes and make you mad but then work great for a while and you love it again... like a hot summer girlfriend that is cuckoo and drives you nuts but you cant count on her...
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Off topic, but it makes me happy that there was purpose enough to create the word "defenestrate". Language is impossibly cool.calaverasgrandes wrote:thing is, I can have a short fuse. When stuff is that unreliable I have been known to defenestrate it. See also the discussion of the lexicon Core 2 over in Computer World.
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the only word I like better than defenestrate. is defenestration. I've written whole songs about it.
but yeah. EH shit, unreliable. nothing new. I love how they built pedals and hung the board off the pots. So when the pots came loose the guts would rattle...and break.
But man after you rebuild em at least twice they work forever.
but yeah. EH shit, unreliable. nothing new. I love how they built pedals and hung the board off the pots. So when the pots came loose the guts would rattle...and break.
But man after you rebuild em at least twice they work forever.
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