Hi all,
I was very impressed with the general opinion of the Fatman Itube Carbon Mk2, it seemed that it was just what I needed for my bedroom and I've paired it with some Tannoy Mercury F1 Customs (as recommended in the what hifi review I think). I have one niggling problem with it though which is now rapidly turning into a nightmare. The right hand speaker sounds like it's a crackling piece of vinyl.
That's probably the best description for it, it's not exceptionally loud but if theres a quiet album on such as Expecting to Fly by The Bluetones you can hear it in the right hand speaker, for the first 2 weeks I just thought it was something like a loose connection or something. I am using the Banana plug cable that came with the Itube. I tried swapping the speakers over at the back to eliminate the possibility of the Tannoy's being at fault - but no, when I swapped the left and right outputs over at the back of the Itube - the fault transferred to the other speaker (so the problem is related to the right output). It's more noticeable if you don't actually play any music, sometimes I would go to bed and realise I'd left the unit on after it suddenly started crackling. The crackling didn't become any louder or quieter depending on the volume setting - does this indicate a fault AFTER the amplification stage?
After 3 weeks of testing the company I ordered it from have not found any problem - this really puzzles me, part of me suspects that either they haven't tested it properly or they don't want to replace the unit. It is now going back to Fatman themselves for further tests... but what on earth would I do if they report back that no fault can be found? I'll be left with a unit that won't work in my room, how would I go about proving the fault?
Any suggestions guys?
I was very impressed with the general opinion of the Fatman Itube Carbon Mk2, it seemed that it was just what I needed for my bedroom and I've paired it with some Tannoy Mercury F1 Customs (as recommended in the what hifi review I think). I have one niggling problem with it though which is now rapidly turning into a nightmare. The right hand speaker sounds like it's a crackling piece of vinyl.
That's probably the best description for it, it's not exceptionally loud but if theres a quiet album on such as Expecting to Fly by The Bluetones you can hear it in the right hand speaker, for the first 2 weeks I just thought it was something like a loose connection or something. I am using the Banana plug cable that came with the Itube. I tried swapping the speakers over at the back to eliminate the possibility of the Tannoy's being at fault - but no, when I swapped the left and right outputs over at the back of the Itube - the fault transferred to the other speaker (so the problem is related to the right output). It's more noticeable if you don't actually play any music, sometimes I would go to bed and realise I'd left the unit on after it suddenly started crackling. The crackling didn't become any louder or quieter depending on the volume setting - does this indicate a fault AFTER the amplification stage?
After 3 weeks of testing the company I ordered it from have not found any problem - this really puzzles me, part of me suspects that either they haven't tested it properly or they don't want to replace the unit. It is now going back to Fatman themselves for further tests... but what on earth would I do if they report back that no fault can be found? I'll be left with a unit that won't work in my room, how would I go about proving the fault?
Any suggestions guys?
). I left the itube on last night - not playing anything, I realised it was still on when it suddenly started crackling again suddenly. Grrr arrrrg!
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