nycstudio1
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Hi there,
I am new here and thought of sharing some of the issues I am having with two DBX 165 compressors:
Unit #1
All functions work and it is compressing, however if I set threshold to -30 I can't get passed -10. These units usually compress very hard but this particular unit does not.
Another issue, which I am not sure if is related is that the meter only works in gain reduction. Although signal is passing and output is working, meter won't work in in our out mode. If I hold the gain reduction switch half way I can get the meter working in output mode.
All caps and ic's are new, except for LM308 which I don't have in stock.
I slaved this unit to a working 165 and it compresses fine if controlled by another unit.
Unit # 2
The problem with this unit is that although it compresses fine, if I switch to gain reduction the meter will stop moving and will stay fixed at whatever ratio selected in the compression knob. This only happens if the switch is in gain reduction mode. If I move to output or input the meter works just fine.
Like the first unit, this one is also recapped and has new ic's except for LM308.
I swapped QA 1, 2 and 3 on both units to see if anything changed but so far nothing.
I appreciate if anyone could point me in the right direction.
Best!!
Louis
I am new here and thought of sharing some of the issues I am having with two DBX 165 compressors:
Unit #1
All functions work and it is compressing, however if I set threshold to -30 I can't get passed -10. These units usually compress very hard but this particular unit does not.
Another issue, which I am not sure if is related is that the meter only works in gain reduction. Although signal is passing and output is working, meter won't work in in our out mode. If I hold the gain reduction switch half way I can get the meter working in output mode.
All caps and ic's are new, except for LM308 which I don't have in stock.
I slaved this unit to a working 165 and it compresses fine if controlled by another unit.
Unit # 2
The problem with this unit is that although it compresses fine, if I switch to gain reduction the meter will stop moving and will stay fixed at whatever ratio selected in the compression knob. This only happens if the switch is in gain reduction mode. If I move to output or input the meter works just fine.
Like the first unit, this one is also recapped and has new ic's except for LM308.
I swapped QA 1, 2 and 3 on both units to see if anything changed but so far nothing.
I appreciate if anyone could point me in the right direction.
Best!!
Louis