Taking an S4 apart

[Zster]

Hi!

I'm wondering is anyone has taken an NI S4 apart?

Guide, pictures. What not to do?
What is in there? 200 awesome smurfs?

[Karlos Santos]

I have but i didnt take pics.
Its pretty crammed in there, very little to see unless you take the main board out.

The one i took apart was a pre-production beta model so it didnt matter about the warranty but ive got a full production model now so i aint taking this apart.

Not very helpful sorry :-)

[Chilly]

Goddamnit Karlos...were there any smurfs?!?!

Answer the man's question.

[Zster]

Well...

Anything you guys want to know?
The headphone pcb has to be removed vertical as it is slotted in the case.
To take the PCB's out of the case you have to peel off the front bezels as the important knobs is bolted to the casing with nuts.
The pictures was taken to keep track of where the wires goes.
We talked about that you could be creative with a dremel and remove the front plate around the shaft. You need a hole around 12-13 mm to release the nut. The nut is 11mm.
ALL knobs are bolted - making the S4 knobs just as sturdy as the A&H K2 was praised for.

This S4 is long gone - it had a few drinks to many



[ame="http://www.flickr.com/photos/68884026@N06/sets/72157627812068451/"]S4 - a set on Flickr[/ame]

[Rukks]

This will help in my project....TONS of wasted pcb...what were they thinking? Is the piece of pcb in the bottom of the picture posted removable/how much room is between the two layers of circuit board.

[Zster]

I am not really sure what you mean.
The top PCB in the "sample" shot is the control pcb. You can't alter that one.

[ksandvik]

This will help in my project....TONS of wasted pcb...what were they thinking? Is the piece of pcb in the bottom of the picture posted removable/how much room is between the two layers of circuit board.

It's an art form to make PCB layout with close to zero electrical noise issues... So don't just something based on looks -- there might be a reason for it.

[RainerHaselier]

Great pictures. However, I cannot see that the knobs/encoders are mounted with screw nuts like they are on the K2. The pots on my S2/S4 are not fixed to the top plate and they are wobbly.

[Zster]

I'll shoot some pictures of the front also before i put this together again.

You cant see the nuts as they are underneath the frontplate/bezel. To acces them you have to pry the bezel off with a large blade or something. It is glued heavily to the case

[Zster]

There is maybe 1cm between the two layers of pcb.

As you can see there is plenty of room for innofader erc..