Service woes - Siel dk600

[Harry Bissell]

Wow.... concensus on the List ???

Everyone thinks the Siel dk600  SUCKS....

restore my FAITH in Humanity !!!

please... someone post that it is their personal favorite!!!

then I can sleep tonight !

H^)

Russ L wrote:

> I've worked on two that just aren't worth the time.
> Pull the 3046's and the SSM's and sell the rest for parts.
>
> Russ L
> askeyman at earthlink.net
>
> Greg Montalbano wrote:
>
> > Well, I've about had it;  been building & servicing synth devices since
> > about 1980, and I've NEVER had as much grief as I've had from this
> > @*&#%$&^%$ dk600 -- I'm just about THIS CLOSE to giving up & using the
> > thing for a boat anchor.
> >
> > (or, more realistically, taking the voice board & creating my own synth
> > from that)
> >
> > Before I do, has anyone out there had experience with these?  The ORIGINAL
> > problem was with reading the control board pots & switches -- random data.
> > After replacing a leaking backup battery, repairing destroyed board traces,
> > replacing affected ICs, and testing the ADC/DAC circuit and all
> > connections, the problem remained.  I've swapped boards, swapped ROMs,
> > tested the DIP connectors, and STILL the problem remains.
> > Anyone had experience with this?
> >
> > Thanks.