jsrtheta
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Wow.
Years ago, I bought a PS Audio Ultralink II DAC, new but a demo (which the store was more than happy to offload). Brought it home, eager to hear it, wired it up, plugged it in, and turned it on. Nothing. Not even crickets, just dead silence. After a vigorous bout of profanity, I took the top off (as if I would be able to tell if anything was wrong!). Got tired of staring at the circuitry, so I put the top back on. Plugged the thing in and turned it on: It worked perfectly.
A year or so later I was in a different shop, when I saw someone talking to a salesman with a PS Audio preamp sitting on the counter between them, and the salesman was desperately saying he couldn't understand why the preamp would not work. I wandered over and asked if the preamp would not work at all. The customer and the salesman both agreed it didn't.
"Take the top off," I said. So they did, and then looked at me as if I knew something they didn't. "Now put it back on," I said. The salesman screwed the top back on. "Now try it" I said. The salesman, looking quite dubious, nonetheless wired it up to an amp and a CD player, then fired it up.
It worked perfectly.
Years ago, I bought a PS Audio Ultralink II DAC, new but a demo (which the store was more than happy to offload). Brought it home, eager to hear it, wired it up, plugged it in, and turned it on. Nothing. Not even crickets, just dead silence. After a vigorous bout of profanity, I took the top off (as if I would be able to tell if anything was wrong!). Got tired of staring at the circuitry, so I put the top back on. Plugged the thing in and turned it on: It worked perfectly.
A year or so later I was in a different shop, when I saw someone talking to a salesman with a PS Audio preamp sitting on the counter between them, and the salesman was desperately saying he couldn't understand why the preamp would not work. I wandered over and asked if the preamp would not work at all. The customer and the salesman both agreed it didn't.
"Take the top off," I said. So they did, and then looked at me as if I knew something they didn't. "Now put it back on," I said. The salesman screwed the top back on. "Now try it" I said. The salesman, looking quite dubious, nonetheless wired it up to an amp and a CD player, then fired it up.
It worked perfectly.