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Explorer 2 not showing power light but hot #228303 2015-01-18 09:39 Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 106 Pinole, CA, USA Jose_Howay Hitchhiker Jose_Howay Hitchhiker Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 106 Pinole, CA, USA My Explorer 2 was working with no problems, all I did was unplug the USB cable out then tried to use it. No more power and it feels warm. Only a week a old serial e200eb 861v8, 8000SE, 7200HC, Tidal/Roon, Explorer 1

Re: Explorer 2 not showing power light but hot Jose_Howay #228310 2015-01-18 16:22 Joined: May 2008 Posts: 8,505 Likes: 78 Central England, UK Carl President of the Imperial Galactic Government Carl President of the Imperial Galactic Government Joined: May 2008 Posts: 8,505 Likes: 78 Central England, UK Hi, Sorry to hear this. I doubt there's much you can do with it, so I'd advise your supplier and ask for it to be replaced with a new one. Regards, Carl 861v6+ID40, HD621, 8000.2, 7200HC, 7200.2, SKYQ Silver, PS3, PDP-LX6090, QNAP TS870-Pro (8*6TB), Roon, iPadAir2. [In Reserve] C15, MD600 (2*3TB), TwinStore RM (2*2TB)

Re: Explorer 2 not showing power light but hot Carl #228319 2015-01-18 20:47 Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 65 Likes: 1 Esher, Surrey, UK shiggins Mostly harmless shiggins Mostly harmless Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 65 Likes: 1 Esher, Surrey, UK Exactly the same happened with mine. Returned it for a replacement (via Amazon) which has been working fine every day since. Cinema: DSP5000 (18 bit), DSP5000C, DSP33, 568.1, Quad L-Sub Music: DSP5000 (24 bit), MS200 + Reviver, Roon

Re: Explorer 2 not showing power light but hot shiggins #228464 2015-01-21 18:54 Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 26 Northampton, UK DennisWaugh Harmless DennisWaugh Harmless Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 26 Northampton, UK Same problem here. Supplier (Russ Andrews) replaced it without issue. NUC i7, Roon, HQ Player, Lampizator L4G5, Meridian Explorer 2, MRendu + linear PS, EAR V20, Woo Audio WA22, Senn 800, Audeze LCD XC, PMC GB1i.

Re: Explorer 2 not showing power light but hot DennisWaugh #228465 2015-01-21 18:59 Ratbert Unregistered Ratbert Unregistered Seems to be a higher failure rate than the Explorer 1's, or did nobody report in when they failed? Russ

Re: Explorer 2 not showing power light but hot #228497 2015-01-21 22:54 Joined: May 2008 Posts: 8,505 Likes: 78 Central England, UK Carl President of the Imperial Galactic Government Carl President of the Imperial Galactic Government Joined: May 2008 Posts: 8,505 Likes: 78 Central England, UK Reported on here: Explorer 1 failures = 0 Explorer 2 failures = 2 The Explorer 2 is infinitely more unreliable than 1. OR Statistically unsound (not enough sample data). Regards, Carl 861v6+ID40, HD621, 8000.2, 7200HC, 7200.2, SKYQ Silver, PS3, PDP-LX6090, QNAP TS870-Pro (8*6TB), Roon, iPadAir2. [In Reserve] C15, MD600 (2*3TB), TwinStore RM (2*2TB)

Re: Explorer 2 not showing power light but hot Carl #228499 2015-01-21 23:28 Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,013 Likes: 1 London, England dpstjp Vogon Civil Servant dpstjp Vogon Civil Servant Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,013 Likes: 1 London, England Let's hope you're right on the latter, Carl, otherwise it will become known as "Manufacturing Quality Awful" Sooloos, Roon, G series (with LPS upgrade), 800 series (with LPS upgrade), HD621, AC200, Prime and PS, DSPs old and new. Purdeys, Moke, Leica, 'Blad. Only the best.

Re: Explorer 2 not showing power light but hot dpstjp #228500 2015-01-21 23:32 Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 5,358 Likes: 2 Europe Ludwig President of the Imperial Galactic Government Ludwig President of the Imperial Galactic Government Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 5,358 Likes: 2 Europe Originally Posted by dpstjp Let's hope you're right on the latter, Carl, otherwise it will become known as "Manufacturing Quality Awful" Only by people who are easily swayed by what they read on the internet. Ex-moderator Sitting room: dCS Network Bridge, 818v3, HD621, 8kSE Library: dCS Rossini Apex DAC/Clock, Clearaudio Performance Wood, Audio Research PH2, Mjölnir KGST, Mjölnir PureBipolar SWMBO Room: 210, D33 Kitchen: RPi/RoonBridge, Genelec 6010 actives Desk: Merging Anubis Server: Roon/ROCK/NUC Headphones: Stax SR-X9000, Stax SR-007, Stax SR-404LE, Audeze LCD-X... Oldest audio file: 1889 Edison cylinder

Re: Explorer 2 not showing power light but hot Carl #228503 2015-01-21 23:59 Ratbert Unregistered Ratbert Unregistered Originally Posted by Carl Reported on here: Explorer 1 failures = 0 Explorer 2 failures = 2 The Explorer 2 is infinitely more unreliable than 1. OR Statistically unsound (not enough sample data). Regards, Carl I make it 3 if I count the posts on this page, still an unrepresentative sample I agree, but interesting nonetheless. Russ

Re: Explorer 2 not showing power light but hot Ludwig #228504 2015-01-22 00:03 Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,013 Likes: 1 London, England dpstjp Vogon Civil Servant dpstjp Vogon Civil Servant Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,013 Likes: 1 London, England Originally Posted by Ludwig Only by people who are easily swayed by what they read on the internet. That would explain why "most people think DSD sounds better". You get a lot of that on the Internet. Sooloos, Roon, G series (with LPS upgrade), 800 series (with LPS upgrade), HD621, AC200, Prime and PS, DSPs old and new. Purdeys, Moke, Leica, 'Blad. Only the best.

Re: Explorer 2 not showing power light but hot dpstjp #228505 2015-01-22 00:06 Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 8,816 Likes: 87 Surrey, UK ncpl President of the Imperial Galactic Government ncpl President of the Imperial Galactic Government Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 8,816 Likes: 87 Surrey, UK The issue is of course that the population that have no issue do not post about it. Something about 'O-level sets theory' is forcing it's way into my head... Rgds, Nick

Re: Explorer 2 not showing power light but hot ncpl #228506 2015-01-22 00:13 Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 5,358 Likes: 2 Europe Ludwig President of the Imperial Galactic Government Ludwig President of the Imperial Galactic Government Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 5,358 Likes: 2 Europe If it helps the statistics, I stepped on my Explorer1 hard enough for there to be a crunching sound, and it still works perfectly. Ex-moderator Sitting room: dCS Network Bridge, 818v3, HD621, 8kSE Library: dCS Rossini Apex DAC/Clock, Clearaudio Performance Wood, Audio Research PH2, Mjölnir KGST, Mjölnir PureBipolar SWMBO Room: 210, D33 Kitchen: RPi/RoonBridge, Genelec 6010 actives Desk: Merging Anubis Server: Roon/ROCK/NUC Headphones: Stax SR-X9000, Stax SR-007, Stax SR-404LE, Audeze LCD-X... Oldest audio file: 1889 Edison cylinder