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I just bought a used MUSE 100 Silver and it is making some popping noise when I am not playing any music. I've auditioned an Older Muse (5-10yrs) and it not have this problem. Anyway, can someone enlighten me as to what might be causing the popping? Thanks.
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As per your description, it sounds like a component starting to fail, most sure a capacitor, or maybe a transistor. It will go worse, until it fails completely.Anyhow, itīs not so serious, if you have a competent repairman at hand: get the unit serviced asap, to avoid the (remote) possibility of a bigger failure, which could damage something else.
Good luck, and regards
BF
GO through the easiest first, you'd be surprised how often these are at fault:loose cables
loose fuses
ground faults (more of a hum, though)
physical interferencesthe loose cables are self-explanatory. still, many an interconnect or speaker cable is loose without being obvious to the user. look at loose cables elsewhere in the system also since they may simply be passed along the chain. maybe loose power cord would do this too? dunno, never had that problem with power cords.
loose fuses really only applies if you have the screw in type at the rear of the amp. sometimes this cap to the fuse is loose.
look for ground faults. try another outlet. usually (in my experience) a ground fault will generate the standard hum, but maybe it may manifest itself in other ways.
the physical interferences may be something rubbing against the amp or speaker binding posts. metal is usually the culprit, but maybe other things as well. check all bindings and maybe the speaker cable en route.
The above is not to suggest you have not done as much, but try again nevertheless. I've felt stupid on many an occassion (well, some will say always) when I thought I had checked everything only to find I didn't - or didin't do well enough.
I woudl suggest that the changing out of the amps resulted in a loose cable or introduced interference soemhow. hence, the noise is there now but now before. also, the noise may be there when playing music, but just masked.
good luck,
curt
nt
Thanks to both responses. I do not believe I have any loose wiring but I will doublecheck. Will wires (Speaker,Digital IC) crossing or touching along the path of the Analogue IC's cause it to POP? I'll try switching power outlets. Also, when I switch channels on my DSS receiver I hear a POP, so is it related in any way to that? By the way, all my wiring was built using the Jon Risch recipe. Thanks for all the suggestions.
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