Topic: mme knob static issue....direct from Roger at Apogee.

[marc0789]

It's a little publicized grounding problem. Apparently when they built the thing, they failed to properly ground the knobs to the rest of the unit...the static is the result.

The solution, supposedly, is to install a spring behind each knob to ground them. They will send you the springs if you call. Haven't done it yet myself.

[Tim]

quality craftsmanship...

[dmonterisi]

i dont remember this problem when i had the mme, it would seem like it would affect all units?

[caymanreview]

i didnt have that problem with mine either, maybe its just something that happens with time and getting bumped around

[C.Clark]

im willing to bet its more of a wear and tear issue, ive havnt experienced this with my
mme, if i ever had the problem, ill make sure to give apogee a call

[marc0789]

not a wear issue from what I was told. i'd imagine different units spec out slightly different, I suppose a micron difference could affect grounding. another way to deal with this is to always start out running hot so you never have to turn up. turning down has not produced the problem in my experience.

[fasteddy]

damn

you think for 1000 + new you would get a quality piece of gear

[F.O.Bean]

damn

you think for 1000 + new you would get a quality piece of gear

not the case here

[Daryan]

damn

you think for 1000 + new you would get a quality piece of gear

not the case here

BOOOOOOOOO, it's quality, it just has a couple of issues.  Bean, I thought you were a believer after midx awhile back!

[Brian Skalinder]

BOOOOOOOOO, it's quality, it just has a couple of issues.  Bean, I thought you were a believer after midx awhile back!

Marc, I assume you're going to address this one in complete fashion? 

Oh, and you forgot the M, it's BOOOOOOOOOM.

[F.O.Bean]

damn

you think for 1000 + new you would get a quality piece of gear

not the case here

BOOOOOOOOO, it's quality, it just has a couple of issues.  Bean, I thought you were a believer after midx awhile back!

D, i never got to hear your tapes of it

[jpschust]

damn

you think for 1000 + new you would get a quality piece of gear

not the case here

it has a couple of issues?  what the hell?  didnt you go through like 3 of them yourself?  there is a significant power issue, there is the coax issue, there are the spring issues, that stupid jumper shit, a poorly designed box (shape wise), and honestly, for the cost, it sounds just OK.  The more I listen to it the more displeased I am.  For 900 bucks (used) I can think of a number of different pre's that you could run straight into a dat deck that would sound better and leave you some change leftover. 

This was a big mistake on Apogee's part. 
BOOOOOOOOO, it's quality, it just has a couple of issues.  Bean, I thought you were a believer after midx awhile back!

[Daryan]

Nah, I went through just one of them, I just broke the thing three times.  Apparently there is a power issue with it, where if it doesn't get exactly what it wants, it fries the main board.  The one thing I did like the most about it was the sound, when run line-in.  However, I can see your point and will now stop talking.

Daryan

[marc0789]

-t, dickhole.

[Simp-Dawg]

-t, dickhole.

[Gordon]

I have only used a minime once.  it was at a cowboy junkies show this summer and the first few songs were very quite.  you can here the static where I raised the levels.  listening to the tape I didn't know what it was till someone posted about it.

[marc0789]

I have only used a minime once.  it was at a cowboy junkies show this summer and the first few songs were very quite.  you can here the static where I raised the levels.  listening to the tape I didn't know what it was till someone posted about it.

funny, it was at junkies 7/21 that I first noticed it, while turning up during the unexpected acoustic encore.

[F.O.Bean]

so thats why apogee is giving stuff away they dont even want it anymore

[creekfreak]

I went back and listened very carefully to some of tapes I did using the mini-me, though I can only really hear it during level adjustments during quiet parts of the recording I find it ridiculous that its there at all...talk about poor design....

[F.O.Bean]

i feel ya, how do they go from a trak 2 to that junk, sorry, but very true

[creekfreak]

just another reason I am glad I ditched the mini-me and went back to team grace.

[F.O.Bean]

i am glad i was never on team apogee, i mnean i loved the sound of the 500/1000, but they have def taken a turn for the worse for sure :\

[bearcobb]

ill add that i notice it on my minime as well...and im having other issues too that im trying to find a thread about...

[tonyvt]

I experienced the same issue with the original Rev A unit I purchased and then the replacement Rev B model Apogee sent after the Rev A crapped out.
I ended up selling my Mini-Me and downgraded to a UA-5 and have found the Edirol to be a much better unit.

[marc0789]

uv-22 is awesome, but the minime is crap. pathetic.

[OOK]

I have My MME for a year and a half.  I have not had a singal issue with it . There is no noise in my recordings, nor has anything happened that is weird or unusual.  It sounds great every time...I run  a set of MBHO648/Ka200>monsters>MME>M1..............Love it Love it Love it......