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Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: Need some help

From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordon@...>
Date: 2013-05-01

On 01/05/13 16:58, chris@... wrote:

> You've clearly never had the "pleasure" of dealing with an ARP Omni then. The
> tantalum capacitors in those tend to have failed long ago, although that's only
> the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the Omni - the power supply has a design
> flaw that causes components to die, and the sliders fall to bits :-/
>

Ah, tantalums give up their magic smoke noisy and messily though, so
they're a dead giveaway ;-)

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