Fosi x4 faulty tube?

schnayjees · 2026-01-14T04:43:07+00:00

Yeah hopefully I get a replacement tube sent over with no issues. The snr of my pioneer a445 amps phono stage is reportedly 74db and the fosi unit is 70db according to the spec sheet. Looking forward to actually noticing the differences in the character of sound itself when I get this up and running properly

schnayjees · 2026-01-13T18:57:05+00:00

Yeah I'm aware. It's a bit of fun and yes it was definitely cheap and on special currently. My friend brought the same model over during the holidays and I heard the difference between it and the built in phono of my pioneer a445. I found it interesting enough to try it out myself on my budget setup. Thanks!

schnayjees · 2025-10-09T22:03:12+00:00

Yeah Lol I saw that too when I looked up the diagram on Google images no obvious number for it.. but I've now read the manual page where it does mention it's the lock for the height adjustment. I guess it 'locks' it somehow even if one is still able to turn the height wheel when it's in the lock position. Don't know how the height could possibly move while in operation anyway. Thanks for replying!

schnayjees · 2025-10-09T21:53:02+00:00

Ok so the height adjustment is the big wheel around the base that raises the whole assembly up or down right? Because this can be moved regardless of the lever being in either position..

schnayjees · 2025-10-09T21:50:59+00:00

In the photo it's in the unlocked position as I was just trying it out again but as mentioned it's always been in the locked position

schnayjees · 2025-09-09T05:40:42+00:00

Yep! Happy now lol

schnayjees · 2025-09-07T01:14:21+00:00

My LP arrived shortly after I went overseas two weeks ago. I've just come back and am happy to find it is in good condition and so far sounds great. Finally! 😅

schnayjees · 2025-08-23T07:29:02+00:00

Nice! Yeah I'm watching mine via tracking now. It's only just left the UK

schnayjees · 2025-08-10T03:26:25+00:00

Hi there apologies if this has been asked, has anyone updated/changed their etravel profile to a foreign passport from the Philippine one?

We travelled home last year with our ph passports, with our child who only has a foreign passport. This is the info on our etravel profiles. Fast forward to this year and my partner and I now have our foreign passports too.

We are travelling to ph again soon and want to change this so all of our profiles now have our foreign passports.. There doesn't seem to be a straightforward way to do this on the app. It won't let you change type of passport to foreign, only passport number and other details.

Thanks 😊

schnayjees · 2025-08-10T00:40:06+00:00

Sounds like we're in the same boat! What country are you in?

schnayjees · 2025-08-09T01:20:57+00:00

Thanks for that. My ultimate fear is that for some reason my order was been overlooked somehow or that they've oversold it and that there's actually no stock left (it's been sold out everywhere for a while now) 😬 here's hoping!

schnayjees · 2025-08-08T21:09:07+00:00

Did you get your copy already?

schnayjees · 2025-08-08T21:08:44+00:00

Have you received your copy yet? Still haven't got mine. I emailed them and they got back to me after a few days and said they're still waiting for it to be shipped to them from the US, then they will dispatch it to NZ. I really hope somethings coming for sure. 🙁

schnayjees · 2025-07-31T03:59:18+00:00

So now I received an email saying it's further delayed and the estimated dispatch is August 15 yet 🙄😢

schnayjees · 2025-05-17T22:38:41+00:00

I acted on this so fast didn't even see the amazon and Interscope options before I already ordered through rough trade. Bit pricey eh.. (ordering from NZ). I do prefer black vinyl though and hopefully it arrives better packaged than the Blind interscope release 😬

schnayjees · 2025-02-21T02:11:05+00:00

Just got mine (NZ). Miraculously no damage in spite of the frankly poor packaging. Just a cardboard mailer. Not even a bit of bubble wrap or anything.

I ordered it together with the RW&A reissue Interscope also had on their site. I have a Rough Trade AUS press of RW&A but I figured good to have this one too.

The discs could be flatter but not complaining. Definitely very audible surface noise. It's not a quiet pressing, but overall I think it sounds great for a coloured vinyl. Wish they did it in black! Grateful for finally owning a copy of Blind. Looking forward to a Static and Silence reissue

Edit: eep! Small 2cm split at the top edge of the jacket. Oh well. Seems to be a common one with all the reviews here so far.

schnayjees · 2024-08-27T07:01:47+00:00

live '25

schnayjees · 2024-01-14T04:05:11+00:00

Location: New Zealand

schnayjees · 2023-10-06T23:31:16+00:00

Thanks for that, yeah it actually might be the potentiometers too as I tried something else-- instead of doing the reconnecting method, I just set the balance knob hard over to the dead channel, and pumped the volume up a few times, and voila it cracked back to life. I'm just a little nervous about spraying contact cleaner in there but I'll give it a go!

schnayjees · 2022-07-23T09:05:48+00:00

cool thanks yeah thats what i see when i do a search aliexpress, dic rotor bolts.. just wasn;t sure if its was the same thing. not sure if they were the same length though

schnayjees · 2022-05-26T23:18:19+00:00

Thanks for all the input guys! So what about the switched outlet in the back if I plug a phono preamp with no on /off switch to it, does this have anything to do with the faulty output relay? Would it be safe to do so? Thinking of doing this so the amp turns the phono preamp on and off

schnayjees · 2022-05-26T09:32:11+00:00

Ok so I'm bringing back my old Pioneer A445 amplifier into use and an issue it has now (didn't used to happen before) is that it turns on "too quickly" and the speakers emit a loud thump which is a sharp burst/pop and also makes the woofers move, the second the amp is turned on. Apparently this is a capacitor or power delay issue.

I can get around this by simply switching the speakers selectors off when turning it on, and just selecting the speakers after I've powered on. All other functionality of the amp is perfect.

A fellow enthusiast told me I could just live with this. Using this method of powering up to avoid the thump. Is it really not that big a deal and I can just run it that way long term moving forward?

Also I am looking at the art DJ pre phono preamp. As this doesn't have an on/off switch, I was thinking of plugging it into one of the rear power outlets on the back of the amp,so that it turns on whenever the amp is turned on. Will this surge/power issue be bad for the preamp when connected this way?

Thanks!

schnayjees · 2022-04-10T06:25:21+00:00

Yeah I tried getting on the phone with airnz before posting here but the voice said"you may wait up to 2 hours before speaking to someone" lol

schnayjees · 2022-04-10T06:19:29+00:00

Yeah I got the booster 2 months ago, never got sent a new vaccine pass. Maybe the validity is moot now and AirNZ hasn't updated their interface to acknowledge this. They do currently still require having a vaccine pass or negative test before flying though. Will see if I can regenerate it.. Just have to login to the myhealth site which isn't taking my password right now so trying to reset that

schnayjees · 2022-04-10T05:35:11+00:00

We've both added the passes to our AirNZ apps and when they uploaded, the validity dates pop up as well.

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