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Thomas Bishop
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Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:25 am Post subject:
Turning Over Inventory |
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Do you think it is important to sell older gear to buy new in an
installed situation? I have some aging PLX1202 amps that work just
fine, but I don't want to wait for them to fail before being forced
into new ones. What is standard practice amongst the technically savvy?
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George Gleason
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Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:32 am Post subject:
Re: Turning Over Inventory |
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"Thomas Bishop" <bishopthomas@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:1130102732.061427.72500@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
| Quote: | Do you think it is important to sell older gear to buy new in an
installed situation? I have some aging PLX1202 amps that work just
fine, but I don't want to wait for them to fail before being forced
into new ones. What is standard practice amongst the technically savvy?
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I sell my live rig gear every chance I get
some goes cheap some doesn't
it is one way I avoid ending up with old beat up unsaleable kit
with the life of installed gear measured in decades I doubt I would bother
to sell it off
george |
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Thomas Bishop
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Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:36 am Post subject:
Re: Turning Over Inventory |
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Thanks for the quick response. That's what I figured, and they're good
pieces of gear, so I'm not really worried about them failing any time
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Tim Scott
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Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:39 am Post subject:
Re: Turning Over Inventory |
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"Thomas Bishop" <bishopthomas@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1130102732.061427.72500@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | Do you think it is important to sell older gear to buy new in an
installed situation? I have some aging PLX1202 amps that work just
fine, but I don't want to wait for them to fail before being forced
into new ones. What is standard practice amongst the technically savvy?
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I would buy one new amp of equivilent model/power etc, so when the next one
goes down you can swap it out.
If he broken one comes back unrepairable, then buy another - basically
always have a spare in stock. |
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George Gleason
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Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:51 am Post subject:
Re: Turning Over Inventory |
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"Thomas Bishop" <bishopthomas@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:1130103407.465134.302230@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:
| Quote: | Thanks for the quick response. That's what I figured, and they're good
pieces of gear, so I'm not really worried about them failing any time
soon.
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your biggest problem will be dust
open them once a year or so and using compressed air. or a vacuum clean
them out'
the dust will cause them to over heat
watch for clogged or non working fans as well
george |
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Brent
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Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:54 am Post subject:
Re: Turning Over Inventory |
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"Thomas Bishop" <bishopthomas@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1130102732.061427.72500@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | Do you think it is important to sell older gear to buy new in an
installed situation? I have some aging PLX1202 amps that work just
fine, but I don't want to wait for them to fail before being forced
into new ones. What is standard practice amongst the technically savvy?
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And if you do decide to sell them off, let me know what you'd like to get
out of one or two of them and there's a chance I might be interested. Need
a power amp for a bass guitar rig and another monitor amp just in case.
Brent |
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Tim Scott
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Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:54 am Post subject:
Re: Turning Over Inventory |
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"George Gleason" <Bmoas@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:fBT6f.488047$5N3.159232@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
| Quote: | "Thomas Bishop" <bishopthomas@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:1130103407.465134.302230@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:
Thanks for the quick response. That's what I figured, and they're good
pieces of gear, so I'm not really worried about them failing any time
soon.
your biggest problem will be dust
open them once a year or so and using compressed air. or a vacuum clean
them out'
the dust will cause them to over heat
watch for clogged or non working fans as well
george
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Ideally have them in an amp room, not just a rack back stage. keep the room
clean, to minimise dust. On ship the electrician dept clean our amps out
once a month, amps are generally in amp rooms (apart from the older ships)
and have cool air blown into the room to keep them happy. |
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Kurt Albershardt
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Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:54 am Post subject:
Re: Turning Over Inventory |
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George Gleason wrote:
| Quote: | "Thomas Bishop" <bishopthomas@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:1130103407.465134.302230@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:
they're good pieces of gear, so I'm not really worried about them
failing any time soon.
your biggest problem will be dust
open them once a year or so and using compressed air. or a vacuum clean
them out'
the dust will cause them to over heat
watch for clogged or non working fans as well
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When we have a fan failure, we note it. When we see the second failure
in a particular make/model of gear, we purchase replacements for all
fans in every piece of that vintage/make/model we own and start a staged
replacement (and cleaning) program. |
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