Zombie_X
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Post by Zombie_X on Feb 12, 2010 1:30:58 GMT
I recently acquired a X-10v3 for a bargain and noticed the i get crackles, ops, and hissing on the right channel (very light occasional his, but the pops can be heard in music sometimes). So experience has taught me this is a bad tube, but if I wiggle the wall-wort plug i get the same thing...
So is it tubes or the power supply??
Also if it is the rube I suspect I can just snip the old ones off and solder in feesh ones?
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Post by PinkFloyd on Feb 12, 2010 10:38:53 GMT
I recently acquired a X-10v3 for a bargain and noticed the i get crackles, ops, and hissing on the right channel (very light occasional his, but the pops can be heard in music sometimes). So experience has taught me this is a bad tube, but if I wiggle the wall-wort plug i get the same thing... So is it tubes or the power supply?? Also if it is the rube I suspect I can just snip the old ones off and solder in feesh ones? Could be a valve (tube), could be a loose connection, could be a dodgy capacitor, could be........... Have you opened her up for a peek inside? You say it only happens on the right channel so I would rule out the wallwart for sure. It's either the right channel 6112 valve or a dodgy cap. Desolder both valves, swap them round..... if the problem migrates to the left channel you've found the culprit. Mike. |
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Zombie_X
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Post by Zombie_X on Feb 13, 2010 2:56:53 GMT
Well it must have bee the wallwart as i swapped to the v8p's stock ww and it's now completely gone. Must have been a really loose connection.
Now I'm just enjoying the sound....
It works nice as a buffer between my music hall cd player and my audio-gd roc.
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Zombie_X
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Post by Zombie_X on Feb 15, 2010 7:03:10 GMT
Can you recommend a nice replacement tube?? I see there a few out there.
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Post by PinkFloyd on Feb 15, 2010 10:12:28 GMT
Can you recommend a nice replacement tube?? I see there a few out there. JAN / philips 6112 is the stock tube and it sounds pretty damn good to me  |
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Post by Zombie_X on Feb 23, 2010 23:43:23 GMT
Nice to know that they are god tubes. I'm always leery of stock stuff. I know stock tubes in a bunch of stuff is garbage.
Well I bought a few off ebay just in case a tube goes.
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Post by PinkFloyd on Feb 23, 2010 23:55:13 GMT
Nice to know that they are god tubes. I'm always leery of stock stuff. I know stock tubes in a bunch of stuff is garbage. Well I bought a few off ebay just in case a tube goes. JAN / Philips 6112 were made in the "USA" and the "JAN" part means "Joint Army Navy"...... so, the yanks were confident enough to use these tubes in their nuclear warheads..... Perfectly good in an X-10V3 ;D MF (until recently) have always fitted good (bullet proof) tubes in their products..... rest assured the 6112 are about the best you can get for reliability (unless you consider Russian technology "better" than the good old USA?   |
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Post by Zombie_X on Mar 5, 2010 3:45:46 GMT
KK
I wish there were even better ones available.
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Post by PinkFloyd on Mar 5, 2010 7:25:02 GMT
KK I wish there were even better ones available. Better in what respect? What are you expecting them to do.... dance?  |
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Post by mrarroyo on Mar 6, 2010 1:05:15 GMT
KK, I agree w/ Mike that the stock tubes are very good.
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