Hey folks,
Just lost my first ART TubeOpto8 last week, luckily still under warranty for a few more months (yay for 3 yr warranties!). Got a horrible blast of stuttered static on all 8 outputs on one of my 6 units...right at the end of a quiet vocal+piano number during one of the Christmas Eve services (the piano mic was on this unit). Scared the bejeesus out of the whole place. Had to kill the engine momentarily while I regrouped to figure out just what the heck happened before going live again with everything muted. Luckily the Pastor's mic wasn't affected so while he was speaking I was able to investigate more thoroughly and notice that the #1 ART (channels 1-8 for me) was going bonkers on me.
I've got about 8 of these with 6 in normal weekly use in an installed system (2 for the portable system). This morning I swapped the bad one out with one from the portable system until I get it repaired. Other than this I've had no issues at all.
How has everyone else's TubeOptos been holding up?
Thanks,
Jeff