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Are _all_ the noises dead? I thought the SDS-8 used separate channels for 
each voice. Long time since I owned one but...

Have you checked the separate outs through a decent mixer or by headphones? 
The impedance standard is different know from back then...

The output issue might be either just dirty or crappy jack or the amplifier 
circuit might have died, not uncommon and never expensive with a decent 
tech.

Sad story though... :(

electronically yours, jesper
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ken_evans_99" <tycho33@...>
To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 1:13 PM
Subject: [Simmons Drums] Good News/Bad News SDS8


> Well, my SDS8 brain arrived in Australia from the US....
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> Good news is that my service tech was able to easily convert it from
> 110 volt to 240 (220) volt - involved simply rewiring the transformer
> in series instead of parallel. Simple. Only AUD$70 (about 40 Euro). All
> the lights and buttons work fine.
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> Bad news is that the factory settings are obviously not working
> properly, the noise part of the tone control produces no noise (it
> generates the tone part fine), and on the stereo out it only produces
> sound from one channel (yes, using a proper stereo split Y cable). The
> mix out (mono) and seperate outs are very quiet but also very noisy,
> which I figure is the summed L/R out with one dud channel.
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> Any suggestions or insights? I'm very depressed about this....
>
> Ken.
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