Just, WHY did I buy a fucking valve amp and destroy it through my own stupidity? + mods are cunts

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I KNEW it’d be nothing but grief !

Anybody able to take a look at my heap of shit valve amp ?

Unplugged the bastard thing, took the valves out one at a time, gave the pins a squirt with Electrical Switch Cleaner and put them back in.

Gave the balance pot a quick blast too. Waited an hour and plugged the amp back in. Sounded like a hive of whizzing bees.

Feckin’ give up.

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@Valvebloke would be my first stop Mike.

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Mended it worse, well done :rofl:

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Takes a certain dumb fuck sort of talent, it has to be said.

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Was it sounding iffy before you cleaned it, Mike?

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Maybe try plugging each valve in and out a dozen times and operate the balance pot repeatedly.

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The balance pot had a very very slight rustle when you turned it. Nothing really

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I’ve taken it out of the system Cosmo; I don’t want to risk the speakers.

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what amp is it?

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Have you any ‘disposable’ speakers?

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a buzzing hum or noise could be an earthing problem, does it still buzz with all sources disconnected?

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Liked for the lol

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Copland CTA-402

Nope

The feckin’ buzz wasn’t there before I “fixed it”.

Not an entirely wasted evening then :man_facepalming:

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I hope this is not a ruse, have you seen some nice shiny things?
:grinning:

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Fit and forget. Just sayin’

Craig Charles has been great all evening :+1:

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My PMA-850 Amp is also fit and forget. Should have just stuck with that :man_facepalming:

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Was it scotch Brian who had a permanent fix for buzzing valve amps? Something about rotating them 90 degrees…

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It’s just life man. You’ll get it sorted.

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:+1: Agreed. Still quite annoying though.

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