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Message started by martin on 05/25/17 at 02:04:32

Title: My Rachael is suddenly crackling and popping
Post by martin on 05/25/17 at 02:04:32

I hope I'll discover this is a known issue and there is an easy fix (right, huh?). Today I turned Rachael on and as she warmed up I started hearing a fairly loud popping and crackling. As of the last time I listened, maybe 2-3 days ago, there were no issues. I tapped a few tubes and wiggled the input lines to no effect. Then I turned the volume down and found this continued to happen even with the volume all the way turned down. Help!?

Title: Re: My Rachael is suddenly crackling and popping
Post by pursuitofnow on 05/25/17 at 02:33:29

Could it be a speaker cable not fully connected?

Title: Re: My Rachael is suddenly crackling and popping
Post by Rivieraranch on 05/25/17 at 03:15:49

Maybe it is turning into breakfast cereal! Seriously you might check the rectifier. It might be going bad. Then check and clean all the connections.

Title: Re: My Rachael is suddenly crackling and popping
Post by mark58 on 05/25/17 at 19:36:41

Yesterday I had some feedback kinda noise when I fired up my Vinyl rig in the second system. After changing a tube I'd just put in, I fiddled with the ground wire...it had gotten knocked a little loose when I added my Taboo MK III onto the table the ZP3 is on.

Also, I would never be without a way to adjust each channel. Either with a CSP3 or two volume controls. Due to speaker placement and occasionally a desire to turn down the drums, I often have them set differently. Mark.

Title: Re: My Rachael is suddenly crackling and popping
Post by Jeff of Arabica on 05/25/17 at 20:31:28

Its gotta be a tube.

Title: Re: My Rachael is suddenly crackling and popping
Post by martin on 06/01/17 at 23:59:53

Yep, it was a tube.