|
|
Post by prene1 on Feb 21, 2023 19:41:46 GMT -6
I hear these are hard to repair.
It passes audio but non of the compression values work nor the volumes.
Once I press the gr button it’s just white noise.
Is anyone here skilled on these units ?
|
|
kcatthedog
Temp
Super Helpful Dude
Posts: 15,688 
Member is Online
|
Post by kcatthedog on Feb 21, 2023 19:45:01 GMT -6
If you are anywhere near CA, Jim Williams is a go to tech repair/mod guy.
|
|
|
|
Post by EmRR on Feb 21, 2023 20:13:24 GMT -6
maybe post in Jobs Available at GroupDIY
|
|
|
|
Post by sean on Feb 21, 2023 20:22:10 GMT -6
From what I understand earlier 160 and 162 S used 24 volt VCAs, which are no longer made and were prone to failure. Later units changed to 15V VCA's. If it's 24V VCA's it will need modification to be repairable...and it's pretty costly and time consuming. I believe Studio Electronics rate is around $900 for those units. groupdiy.com/threads/dbx-160sl-documents.55679/That has all the calibration documents. |
|
|
|
Post by prene1 on Feb 21, 2023 20:31:13 GMT -6
From what I understand earlier 160 SLi used 24 volt VCAs, which are no longer made and were prone to failure. Later units changed to 15V VCA's. If it's 24V VCA's it will need modification to be repairable...and it's pretty costly and time consuming. I believe Studio Electronics rate is around $900 for those units. groupdiy.com/threads/dbx-160sl-documents.55679/That has all the calibration documents. Thanks. It IS an older unit. The 162 is the newer purple units. I have the older blue unit. Hopefully I get it working some day. |
|
|
|
Post by sean on Feb 21, 2023 20:45:49 GMT -6
From what I understand earlier 160 SLi used 24 volt VCAs, which are no longer made and were prone to failure. Later units changed to 15V VCA's. If it's 24V VCA's it will need modification to be repairable...and it's pretty costly and time consuming. I believe Studio Electronics rate is around $900 for those units. groupdiy.com/threads/dbx-160sl-documents.55679/That has all the calibration documents. Thanks. It IS an older unit. The 162 is the newer purple units. I have the older blue unit. Hopefully I get it working some day. Expensive, but worth contacting them |
|
|
|
Post by jmoose on Feb 22, 2023 15:20:27 GMT -6
Thanks. It IS an older unit. The 162 is the newer purple units. I have the older blue unit. Hopefully I get it working some day. Have you tried asking dbx if they'll still fix it? There's a phone number listed here... dbxpro.com/support/repairs?geo=usYears ago they offered flat rate service to fix these & just about anything else they ever made & still had parts for... I think it was $89 + shipping. Sound company I worked for years go had a few of those blue 160's... I liked 'em. Don't sound like old VU's but certainly cool. |
|
