Byron, You scare me dude. I just bought some volume control cleaner from Radio Shack but haven't used it yet. My stereo's volume control is real poppy and scratchy so I thought I'd give it a try. If what you tell me applies to volume controls, maybe I should find something else? My Akai receiver has been doing me well for 25 years running now and would sure hate to ruin it with bad cleaner:). I know, 25 years is probably old for a stereo but hey, it still works and sounds good so why spend money needlessly to buy a new one:). On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 02:27:06AM -0600, Byron J. Lee wrote: > I would like to start podcasting again but I need a recorder. I had an > Archos Ondio but it recently bit the dust. I had a weird problem where > the Ondio would not work unless I blew into the card slot and then tried > hitting the power button as I did that to get it started. I had a > suggestion that I should open up the recorder and clean it. So I got > some tuner cleaner and blasted it out. The stuff I bought from Radio > Shack was nasty and sludgy and now there is all sorts of gunk in my > recorder. It worked to some degree before but now it's completely dead. > I was wondering if anyone would be interested in donating or selling me > something so I can do more podcasts. I am going to try and do some > in-studio only podcasts for awhile and see if I can't get some action > going on the feed again. If you want to subscribe to my currently dead > podcast, it's at http://feeds.feedburner.com/byronsjournal and you > should see some activity on it pretty soon. I hope someone is going to > buy a DS-50 so that they have a surplus recorder laying around and wants > to part with it! LOL > > Thanks, > Byron > > > -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://holmesgrown.ld.net/