Dynacord DDL 12 digital effects repair

Mark repairs a 1983 vintage Digital Delay Line effects unit. It powers up, but has no output, and as usual, has plenty of problems.

[@davidparnell2450]

I found Mark whilst searching for some info of how to repair my Sony RCD-W100 CD player. His exploits in the world of repairing all sorts of audio equipment really is quite captivating. Never have I seen such electronic expertise demonstrated in such a charismatic way. Just amazing!! Thank you Mark.

[@ingekvam324]

I recently restored a Dynacord GIGANT amplifier from 1969. It was a total nightmare. 79 capacitors, several resistors and transistors, new tubes, some bad pots, and so much more. After three months it's finally restored to all it's glory.

[@knifeswitch5973]

I had the crappiest day I've had in a long time at work today. Just binged about 4 episodes and laughed my butt off while putting the finishing touches on my Trio TW-61. Thankyou sir!

[@SteveGunnfl]

Well done Sir. I would definitely have changed out those regulators and smoother caps because they've clearly been under extreme load due to the tantalums. The fuses did flash perhaps they need to be a surge tolerant type. I love this older gear its what I was raised on and so nicely built. I design a lot of my own stuff and I still build it through-hole in the same way and avoid SMD.... It's proven to be such reliable technology

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

18:05 - sounds like the soundtrack to a Pat Troughton era episode of Doctor Who!

[@StephenSD-P25]

It's videos like these that further fuels my desire to continue to learn how things work as well as my beliefs of "why buy it when you can build it" and "why replace it when you can fix it". Great videos, please keep them coming!

[@rodleger7132]

The sound from the speakers reminds me of the classic sci fi movie Forbidden Planet. Good job as always Mark.

[@shaunmorrissey7313]

It's a pleasure to watch someone who knows what they are doing

[@iandalton3839]

When I was still training, like in 1977, I used to maintain stuff on Ferries, fromrRadar, radios and to teletennis machines. I remember the size of the boards in them, about 2 feet by 18 inches, SRBP boards, which used to warp because they were crap, absolutely packed with 74xx chips, literally hundreds of them.

[@alphabeets]

That was really interesting when those two fuses lit up!

[@spumpstein9374]

Great video. I really enjoy your jolly, good nature, chuckling at every challenge. You set a fine example for me. I tend to get a bit grumpy when encountering setbacks. You've given me renewed vigor to tackle a troublesome effects unit I've left lie for a bit. Subscribed!

[@LZDEN]

Mark you never disappoint, excellent work mate, and a joy to watch.

[@izzzzzz6]

I have a few of the old Dynacord delay units for speaker delay. The battery dies and can leak. Think i replaced a few other things, a cap blew too i think, after years of no use. I didn't have the correct battery and needed it the next day. I had old lithium batteries that look like AA much bigger backup batteries. I couldn't solder to them so had to modify a battery cage and fit the larger battery that way. Pulled off a mini festival in a circus tent. very cool.

[@mbnyc5401]

Mark is a Renaissance man of repair! Amazing work.

[@enyaisrave2831]

Japp 👍🙂

[@phillcrossland6394]

Hi Again Mark, Another brilliant repair presented in a manner that makes electronics interesting with the right presenter. Keep up the good work

[@marktubeie07]

18:04 Mark, I think you just composed the next science-fiction movie theme! I think this unit has had a rough life in some studio somewhere. Great video as usual mate, thank you!

[@shyammohabir8283]

A renaissance man of electronic repairs indeed! Excellent troubleshooting skills Mark!! I'm looking forward for your next episode! - I reciently came across your channel - I've been binge watching it ever since! Thank You!

[@BlewsDr]

been doing this for 58 years and you are a good tech.

[@Audiorevue]

You know I love how you fix it and then you notice some other problems with the potentiometers and capacitors and you decide to fix them too. Some repair text might say, oh I got it working and fixed its main problem and that's good enough, not you you make sure it works how it's supposed to work.

[@luisvilleza2687]

Your skill and patience is amazing 😊

[@IqbalKhan-hc1hv]

I just came across to your channel. I find it very interesting and liked it. You are joyful, confident, know what to do and how to do. Keep it up Mark

[@shanenorman7262]

That was an involved job. But such a beautiful vintage device. I still have all my old 80s gear

[@jeromestevenfaigin6059]

Old school for me I had change 15 leaky electrolytic capacitors for my 90s 1 pre-amp tube compressor/limiter and luckily I cleaned the board and it's fixed and it's about the 6th time I've turned it on since I've never used it. I like it more that I fixed it!

[@robburbrink8277]

I love the videos Mark, I look forward to new ones being made. Really enjoyed this one in particular, it's a really nice old delay, I'm so happy you got it fixed. It's pretty rare here in the US and quite pricey! Keep up the good work! Thank you Rb

[@calypso22]

Excellent work, as usual. You make it look so easy.

[@xpump876]

Enjoyed seeing this DDL relic bought to life!

[@kendom33]

Another great video Mark. Very interesting as usual. Thank you

[@marcinkossowski6579]

Fantastic channel. Really fun seeing how you repair stuff. Love how informative it is. Getting this wholesome feeling as well. How you don't have 50 X more subs is beyond me. Keep up the amazing work! :)

[@donlunn792]

Excellent Mark. Love the Channel and your expertise. Brilliant.

[@mmrva]

Mark, we love you. Thank you making these videos. Amazing work!

[@Shaun.Stephens]

Thanks for another great video Mark. I'm pleased that I found your channel.

[@audiomonster303]

I watch your channel for hours!

[@MikeGervasi]

Another great one. Your methods are sound and you are very thorough. Really great work.

[@user-ps8fy1te6p]

You always pull through on repairs good work

[@michaelclutton8446]

Thanks for the video Mark, very interesting repair

[@madtopp]

sounds like a bbc sounds affect tape/record i was waiting for the doctor to appear or a darek to bust through the door screaming exterminate😆. it amazes me how a spent cap can cause them kind of problems another excellent video mark

[@geyerking]

This was highly entertaining. Thank you!

[@Oldgamingfart]

Those Roederstein caps always seemed to failed short! And the brown plastic ones don't usually fair much better, as anyone who's worked on vintage B&O equipment will know. Glad you blanket replaced the crucial ones!

[@brianschaefer4276]

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[@brainbuginfestation8548]

Can confirm! I had a Systron-Donner PSU at work with a dead channel. Turned out it was a shorted golden ROE. Dead short!

[@Oldgamingfart]

@@brainbuginfestation8548 They've definitely become a 'replace-on-sight' item, much like the dreaded RIFA X2 bomb!

[@itsonlyme9938]

Those Brown caps used in Quad hifi gear in the 1980's

[@rillloudmother]

i have always considered B&O to stand for Body & Odor of audiophile.

[@robinsutcliffe-video_art]

That is the thing with Dynacords. Wonderful engineering, caps and pots always fail, often switches too.

[@NickT6630]

This is such an excellent channel. Very enjoyable to watch.

[@mikem9403]

Yay, 2K subscribers! Congrats. Rising rapidly and deservedly so.

[@JohnLloydDavis]

You are really good at explaining what's going on as I actually felt like I understood what you were doing, great job :)

[@demofilm]

Dynacord, really the top of the crop i think,. lovely repair thanks for the video

[@zbaby82]

Good job. Happy Christmas!

[@damianbutterworth2434]

I tryed soldering last night. It`s hard with cataracks lol. Looked a mess this morning in the light. I fix al sorts of things. love this channel. Wish I was so clever.

[@bartmeijer1059]

I discovered you channel a few days ago... Nice video's, verry interesting to see a colleague repair man puts a lot effort on this equipment! Looking forward to seeing the other video's! Thanks! Greetings from the Netherlands. 🤗🤗🤗

[@raatroc]

The intro music suits him so well ...

[@user-bi2ke8hd3p]

Хоть я и мало,что понимаю в английском, но вы большой молодец. Привет от радиолюбителя из России, конкретно город Омск.

[@iantyler4045]

Great video on a professional unit. All tantalum caps are time bombs. I've seen them blow their tops off!

[@RickMahoney2013]

Most people I don’t think appreciate you very positive attitude whiz is hard to come by in life these days.

[@GoFlyYourselves]

Where ever you are fixing this stuff, I hope the people appreciate the great work you do

[@suspiciouswatermelon7639]

I don't recall ever reading about a failure mode of a capacitor as being "knackered".

[@nutsnproud6932]

Thanks for the video Mark.

[@oswaldclarke6247]

Mark you are super cool to watch

[@drummerhammar]

Love your videos, keep it up!

[@glumpy6079]

He's back!

[@anthonybarra2391]

great stuff, watching all your videos, Mark you should be on TV. entertaining, educational and very interesting, thankyou for your hard work. ay it

[@sonodrome]

Great video and awesome repair! Quick tip: the tang on those pots can be easily removed with side cutters, they are quite brittle and come off pretty clean

[@enryfrank]

Beautiful video, thank you 👍😊

[@ANTandTEC]

The inrush current looks quite close to breaking those fuses looking at the glow - even after replacing some old components. I guess its common for old components to draw more current than when they were new. I wouldn't be surprised if those fuses blow again after a few power cycles, especially is the unit is used in a warm rack.

[@sdgelectronics]

They were supposed to be time delay fuses.

[@k.sivaramakrishnamoorthymo8203]

Hi sir really your are genies, your are grant service Engineer i like you servicing method thank you once again.

[@rillloudmother]

those flat toggles remind me of my early days as a musician in in the late 80s early 90s!

[@AllenCavedo]

Nicely done!

[@nathkrupa3463]

Great video sir

[@Smokeslikelightningband]

First time seeing this channel and holy shit this guy is just so charming and has a gorgeous smile. lmao

[@Plons0Nard]

7:42 "Black screws on a black surface" That is what Zaphod Beeblebrox said when he was in Hot Black Desiato's stuntship. "You press a black button and a black light turns on ...." Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy 😊

[@iandalton3839]

and have you never heard the expression 'beware the blue tants'. They were absolutely notorious in TVs.

[@James_Bowie]

Bloody tantalums. Bane of my existence.

[@sw6188]

Mine too. I call them hand grenades because they are notorious for going BANG! just when you don't expect it. Either that or they go dead short as these ones did.

[@tiromancino_tt]

super great job !

[@diogenespatrick3516]

thanks for sharing. saludos desde Mexico

[@32herz]

wow! out of all devices in the world you got this one! :D I have one broken DDL 12 too! I'd really like to fix it / have it fixed.

[@markredlich4055]

Very nice Guy and interesting video,! Regards from Germany

[@felixthecleaner8843]

always impressed with your knowledge of what to do - how did you acquire such learning Mark - if I may ask. It's a pleasure watching how you diagnose and repair these pieces of equipment. Loved it when you connected the speaker - it sounded like the beginning of a Hawkwind album - awesome!

[@bujorvoinea]

Congratulations.

[@Jason-zh7wo]

Nice job 👍👍

[@davidt.2921]

Hello friend, I send you greetings from Spain. I appreciate the time you spend showing us your work, it is very valuable information. I like the audio of your videos, the sound of the tools and equipment manipulation is relaxing. I would like to ask you for a repair video with only audio of the ASMR type. All the best.

[@MendItMark]

Now that's in interesting request! I do deliberatly run some gear for the background fan noise (best sound is the 60 year old Tektronix 453 Oscilloscope), as I find it is more forgiving in the edit. My daughter also tells me that her friends watch me at night, as they fall asleep! Unfortunatly, I don't have the ASMR reaction, despite watching @WhispersRed ASMR channel. Perhaps I need more practice.

[@ellesmerewildwood4858]

@@MendItMark Please don't do ASMR, your commentary and the workshop sounds are appreciated. ASMR is creepy.

[@adriandeb2710]

Great video

[@duncan-rmi]

I must admit to a grudging admiration for your "let's push some joules into this & see what glows" approach when faced with a short. I work a lot on revox gear, & this wouldn't work- before you found the duff cap buried in the middle of an audio card, you'd fry off the delicate tracks on the PCBs. I always think revox boards look like they were made by a talented but highly strung silkworm.

[@saduniwathsala]

You have massive equipments library

[@terrynicklin417]

Brilliant repair! I did wonder about the 'hot' tants near the start, they were showing as 34 and 28C on the Flir, not a huge temperature I would have thought? It's one problem with the auto-ranging on these meters that things appear 'white hot' when they're just the warmest thing in shot.

[@harshabugatti]

Hey Mark, thanks for your channel. The most thing I like you is your smiling, happy face. Most of the electric and electronics professionals will have wrinkled forehead and tension (more over filled with ego). I really feel so happy till the end of your videos. Ohh BTW what is that foam spray that you used to clean the exteriors?

[@floydlaza8751]

I have dynacord gigant 3 amp from bouts the same era excellent gear back then

[@javaleonilyn1299]

Sir goodevening. I am philipino good work sir.

[@JohnvL]

😆 2:21 STILL have mine Sinclair Spectrum! 😂 I have it in 1985! ans still the software on cassette tapes and some books and wrote the software lines, and one dot missing and its not working ore stops at that moment. also have then original tapedeck for that. pfffff..... 38 years ago, where is my time goes? 😊

[@DD4DA]

The most failures are related by dry capacitors. 1983 is a long time ago and the ELO Caps are well known, getting dry. Nice work...

[@FernandoMoura08]

Hi Mark… I am a follower of your videos from Canada. Excellent work! … just occurred to me that I have an “vintage” Sony cassete deck TC 165 that needs attention… I know it’s not worth much, but sentimental value has no price…. Could be a nice piece for one of your videos, no? 😃 … anyway, congratulations and hoping for the next one!

[@MarcosAurelio-hp1hp]

Good morning we love electronics and repairs and restoration of appliances we are together..one more writing...go my like always

[@janwesten1317]

I have repaired quite a few devices, and often, you can see the wires in the fuses move when turning on the power. But if they light up, I would replace them with slightly higher rated ones, even if they are slow-blow fuses.

[@muhammadyousaf4574]

sir thank you very nice

[@camhyde9701]

16:52 those top two 200mA fuses definitely got hot there

[@pisotones2348]

I've had many issues with old ROE capacitors and that unit is full of them!

[@JohnLinwoodUK]

Always a joy to watch your videos. One question, when you find a leaking or shorting capacitor why wouldn't you replace all of the similar capacitors?

[@londonbluevideo]

Another excellent and interesting fixed it video Mark. Have you ever fixed any vintage B&O kit?

[@padgepadgham3238]

Like A Job In The Town 👍

[@peekaboo4390]

Dynacord is excellent gear.

[@lavorboys]

very nice !

[@BeachCat]

Great work, I love to see older audio gear being salvaged. However, butanone is a known skin irritant, as well as being flammable, and shouldn't be handled with bare hands.

[@ferraridinoman]

Nice one Young Mark!! (1982! You weren't born!! ha ha!)

[@jimalcott760]

Mark i would have liked this much better if had demonstrated some music being played through that equipment…. Thanks.

[@esiakaharding9124]

you are very good