Buzz on left channel

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Offline Tabaia

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on: June 24, 2025, 07:56:26 PM
Hi,

I turned on the mainline today.
Left channel now has a buzz in the signal.

What I have done:
1: Changed inputs - no change
2: unplugged input - no change
3: Changed headphone outputs - Balanced out has slightly less buzz
4: Plugged into different power out lets - no change
5: Listening without feeding audio into the unit I changed the volume pots - no change in buzz, it remains constant and no change in level.
6: Changing to high impedance increases the noise up a notch.
7: had a look through the the soldering underneath, nothing was immediately obvious to me.

Right Channel is completely silent.

What would the next step be?



Offline Paul Birkeland

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Reply #1 on: June 25, 2025, 04:52:52 AM
If you tap pretty hard on the top plate, does the buzz go away?

Typically something like this is just a solder joint that isn't 100%.

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Reply #2 on: June 25, 2025, 11:21:55 AM
Did some tapping all around the top plate as well as gently lifting the whole unit and  tapping the whole unit on the  table. no change.



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Reply #3 on: June 25, 2025, 11:25:44 AM
Did you try different headphones?



Offline Tabaia

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Reply #4 on: June 25, 2025, 11:29:36 AM
yes i did try different headphones



Offline Kris

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Reply #5 on: June 25, 2025, 11:35:34 AM
Try swapping tubes too just to rule that out.



Offline Tabaia

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Reply #6 on: June 25, 2025, 11:44:45 AM
Just swapped them - no change



Offline Paul Birkeland

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Reply #7 on: June 25, 2025, 01:23:10 PM
Can you report the IA, OA, and OB voltages on both of the high current C4S boards?

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Reply #8 on: June 26, 2025, 09:57:47 PM
Here are the voltages
C4S Board A 
IA : 260.0
OA : 219.1
OB : 135.6
C4S Board B 
IA : 255.0
OA : 218.8
OB : 130



Offline Paul Birkeland

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Reply #9 on: Yesterday at 06:04:16 AM
Do you hear the same noise with nothing plugged into the RCA inputs?

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Reply #10 on: Yesterday at 12:11:24 PM
Yes, the hum is consistent regardless of anything being plugged in or increases in the volume pots.
There is only a change when switching between low and high impedance, high increases the  hum.



Offline Thermioniclife

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Reply #11 on: Yesterday at 01:45:34 PM
Clean the tube pins and if you can clean the socket receptacle's. I believe Doc B has a video regarding this.

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Reply #12 on: Yesterday at 11:48:51 PM
I removed and swapped the tubes, as far as the socket goes it should be ok as it is quite new.In anycase removing and resetting the tubes made no difference.
I think the issue may be elsewhere.
Thanks for the tip though, after looking at some other posts I gained some more knowledge on tube socket cleaning.