Mdk Mb-17 W Schematic -
Unfortunately, finding the official factory schematic for the MB-17 W is like looking for a ghost. But don't reach for the desoldering iron just yet. We’ve done the reverse-engineering legwork.
Posted by: The Circuit Bench | Guides & Debugging Mdk Mb-17 W Schematic
If you’ve landed on this page, chances are you have a dusty, non-functioning on your workbench, or you are a vintage gear hunter trying to verify the provenance of a "white label" unit. The MDK MB-17 W is one of those elusive late-70s/early-80s solid-state units that sits right between "pro audio" and "boutique experimental." Posted by: The Circuit Bench | Guides &
Drop it in the comments below. We are still missing the revision number for the output transformer variant. Disclaimer: This post is for educational purposes regarding vintage audio repair. All trademarks belong to their respective owners. Disclaimer: This post is for educational purposes regarding
The MB-17 W uses two 100uF filter caps that dry out. If the unit passes signal but sounds like a dying gnat, check the negative voltage rail. Replace C15 and C16 (100uF/16V) immediately.
Random adjectives, desperate efforts to “humanize” the tech resulted in this huge review to contain next to no information at all.
There is no easy way to say this: software RAID 0 on PCIe is simply retarded.
Thanks for your thoughts
Now just make it affordable
Well, for enterprise it is very affordable for what you get. If you are concerned about consumers/enthusiasts I can see where you are coming from, but this is not meant for them. Next year, however, we may be seeing performance like this trickle down.
More than likely next year
As an enterprise product I can see it as a high-end workstation device but not a server device. The lack of RAIDability seems to limit its use to caching and high-speed scratch work area.
I’ve been informed that PCIe hardware RAID will be available on the Skylake CPU and the Xeon version when it comes out later. Now we’re talking………
so this is a preview, not a review… where are the comparisons to P3700 and PM951?
I don’t have access to those drives. We reviewed the P3700 in another system. Because of that as well as a change in our testing methodology, we cant not graph them side by side. Looking at the P3700’s specific review you can gauge for yourself the approximate performance difference between the two.