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Audio Tweak gone bad...similar experiences?

Hello,

As I said in a post earlier this morning, my right channel of my Classe DAC-1 has stopped working...I think I know what happened. I found a penny and placed it on top of my right channel speaker in hopes to "improve" the sound...Something that I was inspired by after reading some of the posts on Clever Little Clock. Got myself an atomic clock in my listening room which seems to help, so I was wondering if other things would help as well...Come to find out I think that the penny ruined my DAC! I have no other explanation for it other than that, so DAMN, that will be the last time I try that!

Peace,
Ben

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03-02-06

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03-02-06 Yes yes... i have tried to warn everyone about the real dang ... Elizabeth

03-02-06 What year was the penny? Jgiacalo

03-02-06 You need to experiment with the placement and orientation of ... Onhwy61

03-02-06 My penny was a 1982, same as my birth year, that i found on ... Bearotti

03-02-06 Blue tac under the penny works good, the super mini vibro po ... Philjolet

03-02-06 I have found nos pennies from the 50s work the best. early 6 ... Jea48

03-02-06 Was the penny oxygen-free? sometimes the of pennies, in a de ... Bojack

03-02-06 I find dimes to work better because of the silver content vs ... Myraj

03-02-06 Don't forget to give this information to classe's repair fac ... Timrhu

03-02-06 i feel that in the interest of the 'brotherhood of man' i ... Double4w

03-02-06 I've found that the drunken penny is really the best way to ... Mezmo

03-02-06 Many of those 1982's were machine stamped at the denver mint ... Jgiacalo

03-02-06 You should have cryoed the penny Chadnliz

03-02-06 Your problem was that you were one penny short. just my 2 c ... 55dok

03-02-06 All this makes no cents! Entrope

03-02-06 An atomic clock on top of each speaker works wonders. might ... Tarsando

03-02-06 1. make sure the penny doesn't fall and short across your s ... Bgrazman

03-02-06 I haven't laughed this hard in a long time (seriously, tears ... Bojack

03-02-06 Pennies and digital have bad synergy. since digital is only ... Cdc

03-03-06 cdc, with all due respect i must strongly disagree with you ... Jea48

03-02-06 I want to know what elizabeth has in the tweeky bottle. 240zracer

03-02-06 Maybe it's because you didn't have you wheaties! Sgr

03-03-06 I use a silver dollar. it sounds about 5% better than a penn ... Jjmali

03-03-06 I put all my pennies in ceramic piggy banks, then carefully ... Rx8man

03-03-06 There are, now, silver pennies available for audiophile appl ... Gregm

03-03-06 Was the penny heads up? also, was it deep cycle cryo'd? all ... Audiofankj

03-03-06 Has anyone tried the wwii steel pennies? someone in the asy ... Entrope

03-03-06 you could try the very rare 1942 cooper or the somewhat les ... R_f_sayles

03-03-06 Hmmmm......"other than that one thing, mrs. lincoln, 'h ... Unclejeff

03-04-06 Jea48, hmmmmm; well now i'm really buffaloed. Cdc

03-05-06 Sorry i was not more specific...the penny was heads up when ... Bearotti

03-05-06 bearotti, 1982, 1982, if i remember here in the usa we were ... Jea48

03-05-06 As in "pocket full of kryptonite" --spin doctors Evita

03-07-06 Ahhhaaaaa!!!!! Cdc

03-07-06 I use the steel pennies from the 40s. they seem to work best ... Rja

03-08-06: Qdrone
Yeah the wheatback pennies are the ones that everyone says makes the difference. The Lincoln memorial ones are way over rated.
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03-10-06 Qdrone, glad you agree with my listening experience--i was ... Bgrazman

12-14-07 I'm wondering why no one has touted the benefit of a bowl of ... Rja