Doug
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Evergy Corp., our power company in Lees Summit, Missouri (an east side suburb of Kansas City), initiated a one hour controlled blackout this morning to help “protect” our 17 state power grid. Unfortunately, it came without warning while I was on a Zoom meeting with my employer. And yes, I had my main system on in the background, as there was no possibility of me needing to speak in this meeting.
My iPad (with Zoom meeting in hand) and I headed to the listening room to turn down all the volume knobs on the CSP3 and the power amp and to turn all the power switches off. When the meeting ended and the power came on, I went downstairs again to power up the system and resume listening to Mari Kodama playing Beethoven piano sonatas. All components powered up as normal, and the four tubes on the CSP3 each had their usual glow. Unfortunately, I got no sound from my speakers. After 30 minutes or so of troubleshooting I isolated the problem to the CSP3. I did discover that when I turned all volume controls on the CSP3 and the LFD NCSE power amp to max, and put my ear an inch from the FRX2’s, which are currently the full range drivers in my PAP Quintets, I could faintly hear piano playing. The CSP3’s output has fallen to extremely low levels and I have not been able to determine the cause. Any ideas what might happening here?
By the way, my 25th CSP3 is one of the very early versions that Steve made prior to the current fancy edition that matches the SE84UFO25.
Doug
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