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My $1000 QSC K12.2 speaker is broken again. No sound out of it at all. Two years ago when I bought it the main encoder knob popped off and I got it fixed under warranty. This is a much larger issue though as the speaker is completely unusable. The warranty is gone now, too. Repairing it might cost more than buying an entirely new speaker.
I have gigs and stuff so I need a working speaker. Unbelievable.
I have gigs and stuff so I need a working speaker. Unbelievable.
Ouch that is rough - especially with such an expensive piece of kit.
I remember when a home audii amplifier acted up. It was not cheap new. It was two years out of warranty, but it had had an easy life. Service was an option, but it was unsure if parts support was there. That really got me, because the last sold amp of that model would barely been a year out of warranty.
Yes. Although it can get worse. I could probably remember horror stories I've heard of audio equipment that was so expensive new that a $1,000 speaker looks like a Walmart bargain clearance item in comparison.
Yep, I may have no choice but to buy another speaker (not a QSC!). The good repair shop here in town is closed the entire month of December for the holidays, so it'll be impossible for me to get it repaired at least now (I go back to school at New Year's).
It's leading me to believe the problem is a dead amplifier. When I plug an instrument or my laptop into one of the inputs and play stuff, signal shows up on the meters on the speaker, but no sound comes through. From my basic understanding, that can only mean a dead amplifier module. I initially thought there was a short in the inputs, but if there was a short, the meters wouldn't show signal.
Off work today. Not much on. Will go for a walk as it’s brightened up a bit. Most likely take my camera.
Back to work tomorrow, but not in the office until Friday though.
Back to work tomorrow, but not in the office until Friday though.
I don't think we've had Christmas lights since I was a kid. And even then, I didn't care about them. To each their own, I guess.
Yeesh, looks like I need to bring some childlike wonder to this thread. 
Same. I helped decorate the tree at my parents' house this weekend, and I now have all the decorations and lights up at my apartment too.
Same. I helped decorate the tree at my parents' house this weekend, and I now have all the decorations and lights up at my apartment too.
and I did not put them up for you. They are for my children who love lights.
My parents are elderly and can't put their tree up any longer and my brother does not observe Christmas himself and lives thousand of miles away, so I inherited my parents ornaments this year as they downsize and prepare to move into an assisted living home that is 2 minutes from my home and has memory care function for my dad. My mom has some old German ornaments for example which came over from Europe when my grandfather's side of the family immigrated to the now US in the 1730s colonial era. They have stayed with the family all of these years and are cherished especially by my mom. Anyhow, my mom really loved to put up the tree as there are a lifetime of memories attached to her ornaments which she gets to revisit when she puts them up so this year we had two trees, my artificial lit tree upstairs and a live one downstairs so my mom and dad could come over to revisit the ornaments and trim the tree. It also is a memory my boys can share with their grandparents and will last them a lifetime.Yeesh, looks like I need to bring some childlike wonder to this thread.
Same. I helped decorate the tree at my parents' house this weekend, and I now have all the decorations and lights up at my apartment too.
Suffice to say that lights and decor are a heavy lift this year but worth it for all involved.
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Good day everyone. I have the day off, and will be playing some Killing Floor 3 on my new Alienware Laptop.
I hope you're all enjoying the Winter and that you're getting to spend time with those who matter most
I hope you're all enjoying the Winter and that you're getting to spend time with those who matter most
The earthquake and potential tsunami in Japan is on my mind. Stay safe out there.
Same. Hopefully it is not as bad or anything at all as the worst tsunami well over a decade ago.
Absolutely - likewise.Good day everyone. I have the day off, and will be playing some Killing Floor 3 on my new Alienware Laptop.
I hope you're all enjoying the Winter and that you're getting to spend time with those who matter most
I just talked to my Mom because she couldn't get her Christmas letters to print. Turns out, she forgot that I stuck the network printer on the new Asus mesh network I set up for them so they have strong wifi (and printer access) across their entire house and upstairs. Anyways, we got that straightened out, so the Christmas Letter Crisis of 2025 has been averted.
Glad it was resolved! HahahaAbsolutely - likewise.
I just talked to my Mom because she couldn't get her Christmas letters to print. Turns out, she forgot that I stuck the network printer on the new Asus mesh network I set up for them so they have strong wifi (and printer access) across their entire house and upstairs. Anyways, we got that straightened out, so the Christmas Letter Crisis of 2025 has been averted.
There's been another earthquake. No sleep tonight again. The building where my apartment is located flat won't hold. If I don't enter for a long time this forum, know that I'll die in the next major earthquake. Seismologists expecting a magnitude 8 earthquake in my area 🙁
Stay safe. I wish you and yours the best of luck.