My stereo is haunted!!
Hello Audiogoners,
I’m looking for some serious sleuthing. I cannot figure out what’s going on with my system.
The basic system is:
I liked the sound. It was just fine. Then, out of the blue, when I started the system, I’d get static that would build up until I got a loud POP out of the right speaker. How loud? My dog is now afraid of my stereo. Well, she’s not that brave…
I have tried:
Nothing has worked. Some things (like the Furman, oddly enough) have added additional hum.
I’m fine with basic tube noise floor. Not so fine with small booms and hum.
I’m ready to go back to my Victrola and give up on electronics all together!
Guesses? Things to try? Have a problem like this before? Thanks for any clues!
Bu the way, if all else fails a good loud exorcism to handle any evil spirits that might be haunting could be worth a try (courtesy of legendary TV script writer Sam Hall). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hall_(writer) Maybe something like: ” I command thee — whoever thou art! — thou unclean spirits which possess her body — to remove yourselves from her presence, and leave her free to become a servant of the true Lord! HEAR NOT HER BLASPHEMOUS CRIES! JUDGE NOT BY WHAT SHE SAYS! GIVE ME THE POWER TO STEP UPON THE SERPENTS AND SCORPIONS WHICH INHABIT HER! I adjure thee, foul serpent — by the judge of the quick and the dead — that thou depart in haste from this unworthy creature, that she may return to the bosom of goodness! Depart from her, ye cursed demons, into the everlasting fire which burns all evil, and leaves only the ashes of what good she once possessed! ” That will show it! 🏆 Or not.😳 It did work quite well on TV. |
