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this sounds very promising, thanks for the work. I have got two
friends using the repeater and looking for a solution to reduce the
background noises.
Matthias L.
SVG> A word or two about the Repeater mod that has been buzzing
around this list lately. I was
SVG> planning on waiting until it was released but the cat is slipping out
of the bag.
SVG> Peter Toms and Terry Robb of Condor Electronics have come up
with this noise mod that brings
SVG> the s/n from -50db to -75db. (This is totally separate from the
upgraded power supply that they
SVG> used to offer though currently they are not doing this due to lack of
demand. It's also different
SVG> from the mod that the guy in Boston is doing.) In an effort to
"bring this to the people", I have
SVG> been working with Peter to document the process. It is a very
difficult piece of work and will
SVG> tax the skills of most non-pro repair people (and probably some pros
as well...) I was able to
SVG> perform the mods on my Repeater, with the cushion of being able to
take it in to Peter if anything
SVG> went wrong. It truly is an amazing mod and I recommend it to anyone
who has ANY issues with the
SVG> noisiness of the Repeater. It doesn't make the CFC clicking go away
altogether, though it does
SVG> quiet it down a lot. In my studio environment, I can now run my
signal "dry unmuted" through the
SVG> Repeater with extremely little degradation of sound. I was never
able to do that before and so
SVG> always ran it through an aux send in my mixer and set the Repeater to
"dry muted".
SVG> Basically, the main issue with the Repeater is that the front
panel controls (digital) share
SVG> the same ground with the audio path, thus polluting the audio signal.
By separating these two
SVG> grounds and attaching them at different points, much of the pollution
is cleaned up and the noise
SVG> floor drops considerably.
SVG> So where is this mod and where can I get my hands on it? It's
in my computer at the moment,
SVG> I'm finishing up the layout of photos with text which will then be
put into a PDF and placed in
SVG> the appropriate spot on the LD website. It is truly a labor of love,
Kim is generously providing
SVG> web space, nobody is making squat off of this and so you're just
gonna have to wait a little
SVG> longer :) Unlike other promises that we've heard about the Repeater,
this one is finished, all
SVG> the bugs have been worked out, and it's just about to be released.
(No, really...)
SVG> For those people who are unable to do the Repeater mod
themselves, the forthcoming
SVG> instructions will be easily decipherable by any competent tech or you
will be able to send it
SVG> directly to Condor Electronics and they will do it for $95.
SVG> Speaking of Repeater promises, I have heard much behind the
scenes talk about the company
SVG> that purchased the Electrix line. I don't like contributing to the
rumours that are floating
SVG> around back and forth mainly because they tend to generate ill will.
The only thing that I can
SVG> say at this point is that as of this week, Electrix is still around
and plans are still underway
SVG> to get the Repeater and other boxes out there to the public. That
doesn't mean that it will
SVG> happen, only that the rumours of the company's demise are not yet
true. Just the facts ma'am.
SVG> Stephen
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