[sdiy] Damned amplifier

[mark verbos]

I did try that. We'll see if the problem is gone now. It certainly is a 
cheap unit.

mark

John Speth wrote:

> > today my stereo amplifier developed the same problem!
> >
> > sounds like crackling on the left side. I took it apart,
> > cleaned it. the
> > problem was gone. I put it all back together, then 5 minutes later it
> > returned!!!!!
> >
> > I'm open to ideas. I thought maybe the caps in the power supply were
> > dead. Am I crazy?
>
> Years ago my brother in law had a problem that sounds like yours.  I 
> told him to send the stereo to me and I'd check it out.  It arrived 
> and it worked great for me.  He also sent the speaker wires.  I 
> noticed they were all extremely frayed.  Being anal, I re-stripped 
> them to the right length and tinned the ends.  I sent it back with the 
> report that it worked perfectly for me.  He hooked it back up again 
> and later thanked me for fixing his amp.
>
> I concluded that the cheap speaker connecting blocks aren't compatible 
> with frayed speaker wire.  Maybe that's the root of your problem.
>
> John Speth
>