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Don't be a Dufus !

krautmaster

krautmaster

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So yesterday when the surprise package (Schiit Skoll phono amp) arrived I immediately jumped into action to get that baby hooked up and running... I have the turntable hooked to the RCA inputs of the Skoll and then XLR outputs to the Parasound P6 preamp. My cables looked like a steaming pile of Schiit (or spaghetti) so I pulled several and rerouted them to tidy things up some. I put on an LP and discovered I had very low and scratchy volume from the right channel.. I thought "is my new Skoll really a piece of Schiit that I have to return?". I tried reconnecting the in/outs on the Skoll, the speaker wires on the amp, to no avail. So I tried the T-3 Tuner and got the same crap output on the right channel... my next thought was the beastly heavy Parasound A21+ amp had crapped itself...NO!!! (these things are supposed to last 20 years).

Frustrated, I pulled the rack out from the wall three feet so that I could climb in behind it and get a good look at the connections. I started reconnecting everything from right to left bottom to top and found my Dufus mistake: I had put the Coax cable from the CD player into the P6 preamps right main output..DUH...felt like an idiot. Thank goodness it was something simple

Moral of the story; don't jump to wild conclusions, check everything over twice first !PAHAP6_3-SIL-Large__57846.jpg
 
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Even with a flashlight and a mirror, hooking stuff up without removing the unit can be tricky. Congratulations for figuring it out, and for not frying anything!

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krautmaster said:
Having a bright flashlight really helps too... in the dim light I saw an orange-red jack and thought I had the right one... old guy eye strikes again.
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If one has a flashlight it should be a bright one, always, with good batteries, or charged, ready for use. Almost same as a fire extinguisher, when you need it it you need it. A good flashlight is a great tool to have at hand.
 
egellings said:
Instead of spelling it 'dufus', try 'dooflus' or , if you want to fire for effect, 'thoopid'. Just look at that word! It actually looks like what it means, with no dictionary definition required.
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My wife has a name for when I do stupid stuff: "you were being brilliant again"
 
I usually give myself lots of physical room with my stereo setups and go slow. On the other hand, some of my AVR setups are very tight spaces and awkward and cables and wires can run through walls and floors and ceilings and cabinetry. Sometimes well into the dozens of wired connections as I hate wireless connections. I've use cell phone cameras and fiber optic lights and mirrors extensively while holding the user manual or system pictures in the other then "finger counting" say 7 rca connectors down then 4 HDMI connectors over to get the right spot right below that for a connection on the the back of the receiver. I love this hobby!
 
I connected up my wife's stereo stack, 5.1, BBE-462s, long story short, 7 components plus all the speakers. Took me 2 days. Even Sony couldn't help me in hooking it all up. Did it all except for one last connection I could not figure out. NO ONE knew. Then a young guy working at Best Buy told me how to do it!! It worked.

After it was all done, I wrote a 'book' on how to operate everything cause 'no human on earth' can remember all this STUFF. Also drew a complete large blueprint in color.

All you can do it go slow. One step at a time. And when done - draw a blueprint of the connection for future reference while everything is out in the open.
 
Nice.... How does that thing sound though? Have you ever had a Mani phono pre and if you have, I wonder how they compare?
 
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