Wow,,what a bummer ..
I should probably go thru and verify that all of MY channels are fully
functioning on my recently acquired 320B
Have you notified your seller of the issue,, just to see what the response
would be ? I wonder if he knew about it ,already
I could have had a 520, locally, for the same money I spent for the 320B,
which may have served me better in some applications .
The guy that sold me the 320B quoted me a price of $48.00 to ship which
I found suspiciously cheap .. when he went to the UPS Store(
)
they quoted him $400+ to pack and ship
He emailed me to inform me of this, and I said ".....no way jose "
I'd already paid him, and wasn't paying more for his misinformed quote(s).
So he packed it himself and shipped it and absorbed whatever additional
costs were incurred(not my problem,at that point, this was an eBay sale) .
So I made a point of reminding him to pack it WELL,, particularly the top
section of the mixer(duh??) so I didn't get any cracked VU meters broken
shafts ... etcetera .
It arrived from UPS with a suspicious puncture in the carton coming off of
the truck. When I unpacked it all looked well, at first glances .
Then I noted that Ch 18. EQ knob had a broken knob on the top half of
the concentric pot .
Arrrgh !!!! I then noted the position on the board is exactly where the
puncture hole is on the shipping carton
He did a so-so packing job; electing to use bubblewrap over the top and a
_few_ firm carboard strips over that.
I would've used a *sheet* of cardboard over the top and then bubble wrap
over that and maybe a sheet of cardboard again .
Anyway my mixer could've arrived perfect and instead arrived with a blemish
Not cool, but it could've been much worse given the weight and size and
of course UPS's notorious rep .
UPS stands for : United Parcel Smashers
So now I better make sure that _everything_ is working as I'm just a little
paranoid after hearing you story, Kiira .
I'd been playing with my 388 the past few days, and don't have my 320B
hooked up yet(still have to get the Otari 4-track here)
Keep your chin up ..