Hey all,
I bought a second hand old Technics HiFi off eBay for a cheap price and all seemed well. But, a couple of times there’s been a crackle and pop noise come through the speakers. It seems to be one short wave of them, around 30 seconds after turning on, and then the sound coming through the speakers is quieter.
I have no doubt that these noises could damage my nice speakers, so I don’t know what to do? Is it the amp? Or the tuner?
When it first happened, I thought the tweeters might have blown and that the amp had somehow messed them up, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.
The only other thing is that I recently hooked the speakers up with Chord Carnival silver screen cable, which I prepared myself. I used Milty screw down banana’s for the speaker terminals and left the amp ends bare and twisted them to go into the click down type connectors. All the connects seem good and secure.
Should I throw the HiFi away?
I’ll try the CD player and see if that does it. And I’ll hook up some cheaper speakers, just in case they go pop!
I bought a second hand old Technics HiFi off eBay for a cheap price and all seemed well. But, a couple of times there’s been a crackle and pop noise come through the speakers. It seems to be one short wave of them, around 30 seconds after turning on, and then the sound coming through the speakers is quieter.
I have no doubt that these noises could damage my nice speakers, so I don’t know what to do? Is it the amp? Or the tuner?
When it first happened, I thought the tweeters might have blown and that the amp had somehow messed them up, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.
The only other thing is that I recently hooked the speakers up with Chord Carnival silver screen cable, which I prepared myself. I used Milty screw down banana’s for the speaker terminals and left the amp ends bare and twisted them to go into the click down type connectors. All the connects seem good and secure.
Should I throw the HiFi away?
I’ll try the CD player and see if that does it. And I’ll hook up some cheaper speakers, just in case they go pop!