Another Friday night incident

BlueFox
BlueFox Posts: 15,251
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On Friday night, after a week of work BS and stress, along with hitting the gym, I like to kick back, drink beer, and listen to the stereo. For whatever reason, it seems as if every time something weird happens (audio or otherwise) it happens on Friday night after a few beers.

For example, one Friday night I am in the recliner listening to music when I start hearing this strange screeching noise. It turns out the flexible water tube connected to the bottom of the toilet tank blew out, and water was just screaming into the bathroom, which is down the hall on the right side.

Another Friday, the right speaker died. Turns out a spade popped off the positive terminal.

Another Friday, my right Cambridge-Audio 840W amp died, with a valid failure.

Another Friday, I broke my right S5 speaker.

Last night, my right Pass X600.5 amp died. I powered it off/on, reset the power cord, and checked the circuit breaker. No help, so I moved into the HT/surround system. This morning I was hoping like crazy the fuse had blown, since Pass supplies spares. Before I pulled the 150 lb amp out of the rack to check the fuse I straightened up the power cables under the rack. Each amp is connected to a Shunyata Cyclops, and each Cyclops attaches to a dedicated circuit. Anyway, while futzing with the Cyclops I thought was attached to the left amp, I hear a boing and the right amp powered on. Believe me, I was happy to see that.

I guess I need to stop listening to the stereo on Friday, and only on Saturday. :)
Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes

Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
Three 20 amp circuits.
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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    You should switch to Vodka ;)
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    Yeah Vodka and Saturday nights might lead to a better Friday night.
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,671
    Go to a hotel on Fridays
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    These are all good ideas. Thanks. :)
    Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
    Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
    Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes

    Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
    Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

    Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
    Three 20 amp circuits.
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    BlueFox wrote: »
    These are all good ideas. Thanks. :)

    Yeah bet Dskip agrees with you!
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    2 Channel
    Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,394
    Since Skip passed, could I be next in line? haha.

    Anyhow. Nothing drives me crazier than dealing with anything that does not work as designed. Coming from the software industry, I am practically crazy every day. haha

    Halen
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  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    Sorry for "them days". Mine is tomorrow, same every year at this time. A fun day with "cousin Eddie" and that whole group... :s
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,008
    Seems to me you can't be left alone unsupervised on Friday nights. That or your really going to have to up your game on the quality of the booze your drinking.

    "Everything matters"....eh ?
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  • Thorton
    Thorton Posts: 1,324
    Blue, I know it may not seem funny at the time but this cracks me up and, believe me, this happens to everyone. Well, maybe not every Friday night after a few beers. I'm glad you didn't have a problem with the amp.
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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    The more that you have the more you have to worry with, fix, upgrade, play with.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    Thorton wrote: »
    Blue, I know it may not seem funny at the time but this cracks me up and, believe me, this happens to everyone. Well, maybe not every Friday night after a few beers. I'm glad you didn't have a problem with the amp.

    It is funny, in a black humor type of way. With electronics, anything can break at anytime, but this consistent pattern of things occurring when I am not in a frame of mind to deal with it is irritating.

    Keiko is somewhat correct with PFB syndrome, at least for the amp issue, and breaking my S5. My rack and gear weigh over 800 lbs, and I use it as a piece of exercise gear after a few beers. I hurt my lower back sometime ago, and have been trying like crazy over the years to rehabilitate it. The brewskis have me relaxed, and, while lying on the floor, I will hold onto the center support pole and pull my legs over my head and bring my feet under the rack. This really stretches out the lower back, and allows me to apply force to areas of the back. Apparently, while doing this I disturbed the Cyclops for the right amp, which at the time I thought was for the left amp.

    Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
    Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
    Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes

    Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
    Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

    Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
    Three 20 amp circuits.
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