Lexicon 300

[Fredo]

Hi guys,


I have a faulty Digital I/O - Timecode print on my Lexicon 300; analog is working just fine. The number on that small print is: 9 - 1879 - 300 (a).
Lexicon support has answered me that this unit is long time discontinued, and thereby cannot be serviced anymore.
Anyone who can offer any help please?

Fredo
Temple Of Tune
Belgium

[modooo]

if you have luck its a defekt cable or a wrong aes/ebu setting in your system. check that your system and setting. Try a nother cable.

If nothing works it could be a defect of the lexicon :( but i dont hope so...

check the settings!
best luck

[jensenmann]

The german lexicon distributor has a very good service tech. Ask them if they can help you. Audio Pro | Professionelle Audiotechnik - Startseite

[RKrizman]

I know this is not what you're asking, but I stopped running my 300 digital and went back to analog and it sounded better. Maybe for 2 reasons: first, it's not a 24 bit machine so if you're going digital you should dither your effects send. Second, I think the sound of the converters could be part of the overall vibe.

Just my 2 cents, if that.

-R

[Fredo]

Originally Posted by jensenmann

The german lexicon distributor has a very good service tech. Ask them if they can help you. Audio Pro | Professionelle Audiotechnik - Startseite

Thanks, I'll try that.

Fredo

[Fredo]

Originally Posted by RKrizman

I know this is not what you're asking, but I stopped running my 300 digital and went back to analog and it sounded better. [****] I think the sound of the converters could be part of the overall vibe.

-R

Not sure I share your opinion ....
The 300 is an all-digital machine inside, so at the very end, the digital output signal is ran through a DA converter to make it analog. This would be the first time that a DA/DA converter actually improves the sound instead of screwing it up.
There is that possibility that the converter adds a somewhat "pleasing_to_your_ears color" to the signal, but that is nothing that can't be solved by some EQ or the likes.
I personally prefer to stay in the digital world ...


Fredo

[RKrizman]

I just prefer the way it sounds going analog, for whatever reason.

If you do g digital, I think you have to dither the 24 bit output of your DAW because the 300 works at a lower bitrate. (can anybody back me up on this, or am I tripping?)

-R

[Fredo]

Originally Posted by RKrizman

If you do g digital, I think you have to dither the 24 bit output of your DAW because the 300 works at a lower bitrate. (can anybody back me up on this, or am I tripping?)

-R

Depends on the kind of dither you use.
I don't see a problem truncating the lower bits, since reverbs rarely have a dynamic range the name worthy. So all errors will remain in the LSB (In the case of a Floating Point DAW like Nuendo) and will be dithered at the final dither stage.
With a neutral POW dither, it wouldn't hurt at all to dither the 24bit output.


In the meantime, I have recieved kind help from the Belgian distributor, so I have my fingers crossed that we can still find the broken components.


Fredo

[GYang]

Originally Posted by RKrizman

I just prefer the way it sounds going analog, for whatever reason.

-R

Indeed, it's converters are part of the story, as well as, 480's converters.
Lex sounds is not about absolute reality and resolution (for what one would wish to stay in digital), but about pleasant or whatever you call it 'elusive space quality' that aesthetically fit particular tasks for years.
For that single reasons many people still prefer 18 and 20 bit reverb machines with comparatively obsolete converter technology over the best available digital machines of today. It doesn't exclude top modern reverbs as Bricasti, TC or Lex PCM96 to be main reverb machines in rack, but substitute them on tasks thay can't fully do as older reverbs.