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Old 09-17-2010, 10:56 AM
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Hi
Just read the MX150 manual breifly. Open windows and if the heating/cooling system is on and among other things will create noicy room, it must be quiet when the measurment is procceding.

I was heading in this direction, if you now what I mean.
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Old 09-17-2010, 02:01 PM
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Hi
Just read the MX150 manual breifly. Open windows and if the heating/cooling system is on and among other things will create noicy room, it must be quiet when the measurment is procceding.

I was heading in this direction, if you now what I mean.
Thanks
Took care of that before starting. Chuck Hinton has been helping (he is always helpful) troubleshoot the issue -- found that the general circuit board is working and using a VOM meter found the correct voltage going to the microphone, so everything so far has been found to be correct. He is checking with engineering. I am wondering if reflashing the firmware/software might do the trick.

BTW -- am GREATLY IMPRESSED with the Web interface -- that a fantastic idea for making settings in a rather complex pre-pro.

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Old 09-17-2010, 04:12 PM
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I agree, the interface is a great addition. Keep us posted on your progress Mike!
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Old 09-17-2010, 07:46 PM
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I agree, the interface is a great addition. Keep us posted on your progress Mike!
My first thought was to drive back to my new Mc dealer and swap microphones from his new MX150 that was yet to be unboxed for one of his showrooms, but it was considered that calibrated mics are almost never bad.

After spending the day visiting off and on with Chuck Hinton (awesome tech support person at McIntosh for the few of you that do not know of him) and trying a variety of things, he ran out of items to try and spent time with Mc engineering and they concluded that either the mic was bad or the MX150 was bad.

I again called my new dealer (an employee that I knew from my former dealer, (Accent Sound) and got him to swap microphones and viola -- it worked.

All this trouble over a microphone. At least it was a simple fix and I will quickly forget the initial disappointment.

Love that McIntosh factory support as well as dealer support.

Dunno if I should ask Master Lu to delete this thread or not -- it has somewhat of a negative vibe to it OTOH, it provides some insight into dealer and factory support and why I am and have been for years a big fan of Chuck Hinton at Mc and am a big Mc fan.

Everything appears well, but must wait until my wife is gone for a couple of hours to run enough test tones to get to 90% knowledge level in Room Perfect -- she gets real fussy about listening to test tones and not making noises...

Thanks to all who had ideas...

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Old 09-17-2010, 07:49 PM
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Mike.......Fantastic news. I am happy for you.
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Old 09-17-2010, 07:56 PM
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Ditto; I love happy endings!

Just in time for the weekend too.
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Old 09-18-2010, 04:44 PM
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Great !
I was sure you got a defective mic.
Made in China !
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Old 09-18-2010, 05:09 PM
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Great !
I was sure you got a defective mic.
Made in China !
And YOU were correct!!!! (so was I since I also felt the same way and tried to swap mics with the dealer the very first day, but it was decided that calibrated mics are almost never defective... right, but no hard feelings since it was resolved and again, Chuck really gave it a lot of effort to find the issue and the mic was the very last thing)

Now if I can figure out how to easily and quickly turn Room Perfect on and off to be able to see how much benefit it is.

Thanks for your suggestion.

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