Fresh board member with repeatedly broken XL
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 2:37 pm
Hi to all
After a few years of read-only I've decided to register and contribute to this forum. My name is Boris, I am from Switzerland, a musician who had started playing before the CD was there... Oh but, yes...we had Vinyl, and the Mini just came out...
Anyways, I couldn't afford a Moog then, so the late revenge (naw..satisfaction) came with one Voyager Performer, then one XL and lastly (not to be that old-schoolish) a Little Phatty... Sadly, the XL, which I felt about being the peak of Analogue Himalaya...has developed to a wheel-chair alpinist... It started this year with an out-of-nowhere behaviour: suddenly every patch had some noise assigned, whether originally programmed, or not. The noise-switch was allways on, only the pot worked. So, I brought the XL to the official Moog service in Zurich (very nice people there) and the knowledgeable tech-guy found the faulty bug and replaced it. So far ok. Six months later (today), I noticed that VCO1 and VCO2 didn't sound anymore. I checked thoroughly the possible handling errors, but at the end it was clear: 2 oscillators dead. I will bring the machine to the service next week to face probably some more expensive repair than the first one. Looks like the analog board should be replaced. Of course, the warranty has expired...
What to say? I was happy about the Voyagers and the whole new line of Moogs - in my opinion, better to deal with newer technology than with 40 years old electronics (referring to Mini etc.). But now, I am not that sure anymore... Although the Voyager Performer still does well...I think I will conserve that one))))
After a few years of read-only I've decided to register and contribute to this forum. My name is Boris, I am from Switzerland, a musician who had started playing before the CD was there... Oh but, yes...we had Vinyl, and the Mini just came out...
Anyways, I couldn't afford a Moog then, so the late revenge (naw..satisfaction) came with one Voyager Performer, then one XL and lastly (not to be that old-schoolish) a Little Phatty... Sadly, the XL, which I felt about being the peak of Analogue Himalaya...has developed to a wheel-chair alpinist... It started this year with an out-of-nowhere behaviour: suddenly every patch had some noise assigned, whether originally programmed, or not. The noise-switch was allways on, only the pot worked. So, I brought the XL to the official Moog service in Zurich (very nice people there) and the knowledgeable tech-guy found the faulty bug and replaced it. So far ok. Six months later (today), I noticed that VCO1 and VCO2 didn't sound anymore. I checked thoroughly the possible handling errors, but at the end it was clear: 2 oscillators dead. I will bring the machine to the service next week to face probably some more expensive repair than the first one. Looks like the analog board should be replaced. Of course, the warranty has expired...
What to say? I was happy about the Voyagers and the whole new line of Moogs - in my opinion, better to deal with newer technology than with 40 years old electronics (referring to Mini etc.). But now, I am not that sure anymore... Although the Voyager Performer still does well...I think I will conserve that one))))