Hello, I just bought a mk iii 424 to replace my mk ii, and the guy I bought it from thought it was fully working (he’s the original owner but hasn’t used it for a long time), but it turns out XLR input 3 isn’t working. Line in 3 is fine and the trim knob is fully functional on line in 3. This leads me to assume that the actual XLR socket is dead. I hit it with some DeoxIt to see if that would resuscitate it, but it didn’t help.
The XLR inputs aren’t of much importance to me but I would like the machine to function fully. I’m totally comfortable replacing the Neutrik connector myself, but I don’t want to go to the effort if that’s unlikely to be the culprit. I’m not familiar with the guts of these things, so I don’t want to get in and just start doing exploratory surgery.
Is there anything I’ve overlooked? What would someone who knows more than I do suggest here?
The XLR inputs aren’t of much importance to me but I would like the machine to function fully. I’m totally comfortable replacing the Neutrik connector myself, but I don’t want to go to the effort if that’s unlikely to be the culprit. I’m not familiar with the guts of these things, so I don’t want to get in and just start doing exploratory surgery.
Is there anything I’ve overlooked? What would someone who knows more than I do suggest here?