Comment Radio Station Equipment (Score 1) 945
I'm the acting engineer for a badass little college radio station (shameless plug). I'm also a DJ there.
So, I'm on the air doing a show, CD player going and all that. I decide that the mic cable needs more slack, so I give it a good tug. Unfortunately, the removable back panel of the desk was tugged along with the cable, causing the panel to fall away from the desk. Also unfortunately, the power cables for our two $350 CD players were behind the back panel.
The CD players flew to the floor, and slammed on the ground, making a hollow metallic noise. I was too afraid to look right away. Coincidentally, a friend had walked in just in time to see this happen, and we just stood in frozen amazement for a minute.
Amazingly, the CD player had been playing, slammed on the ground, paused for a second, and continued playing the CD without any problems.
I wish I could say they still work, but with Marantz's POS equipment, that is not the case. After fixing each of them upwards of 6 times (broken eject buttons, broken power switch, tray off-gear) one of them finally bit it with a broken tray, that, upon attempting to fix it again, started burning.
So, I'm on the air doing a show, CD player going and all that. I decide that the mic cable needs more slack, so I give it a good tug. Unfortunately, the removable back panel of the desk was tugged along with the cable, causing the panel to fall away from the desk. Also unfortunately, the power cables for our two $350 CD players were behind the back panel.
The CD players flew to the floor, and slammed on the ground, making a hollow metallic noise. I was too afraid to look right away. Coincidentally, a friend had walked in just in time to see this happen, and we just stood in frozen amazement for a minute.
Amazingly, the CD player had been playing, slammed on the ground, paused for a second, and continued playing the CD without any problems.
I wish I could say they still work, but with Marantz's POS equipment, that is not the case. After fixing each of them upwards of 6 times (broken eject buttons, broken power switch, tray off-gear) one of them finally bit it with a broken tray, that, upon attempting to fix it again, started burning.
