That sounds typical of intermittent contacts with tube pins. A hissy pop. Wiggle the tubes a little and see if you get more or less. Be gentle on the board tubes so you don't crack any weak solder joints under those sockets. It could also be bad solder joints already on those, mimicking a dirty socket. Inspect those joints closly with a magnifying glass and reflow them if you have any doubts. I'd do that first just to eliminate any obvious bad joints. You will probably find some some wrinkley, dark, solder and that is usually the source of trouble and should be reflowed. Be quick and add a dab of new solder to help the old flow better. You could also be hearing noise from leaky caps reforming if this is an unused amp.
BTW, diytube.com has a dedicated st-70 section.
BTW, diytube.com has a dedicated st-70 section.
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That sounds typical of intermittent contacts with tube pins. A hissy pop. Wiggle the tubes a little and see if you get more or less. Be gentle on the board tubes so you don't crack any weak solder joints under those sockets. It could also be bad solder joints already on those, mimicking a dirty socket. Inspect those joints closly with a magnifying glass and reflow them if you have any doubts. I'd do that first just to eliminate any obvious bad joints. You will probably find some some wrinkley, dark, solder and that is usually the source of trouble and should be reflowed. Be quick and add a dab of new solder to help the old flow better. You could also be hearing noise from leaky caps reforming if this is an unused amp.
thanks for the reply. ill reflow those joints. but now i have blown ANOTHER gz34. if i turn the amp off and on and dont wait for at least 30 seconds i blow a fuse and even then the rectifier gets damaged so that the next time it happens it is ruined and shorts out, sparks and dies. this is 3 rectifiers now! arrgh
any advice? sigh
advice? Don't turn it back on so soon!
Seriously,tubes don't like being re-energized when they're still warm..Wait a couple minutes for them to cool down before re-applying power.
thanks a lot for that! at least i know what the problem is. now the popping noise.
thanks again!
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