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Need help diagnosing clicking sound

I have a passive subwoofer powered by a bridged Adcom 535 driven by an active x-over. I drove the amp/speaker hard and now I'm getting a buzzing/clicking sound. This sound occurs when I'm not sending any audio signal through the system. It sounds almost like a buzzing sound of interference from a refrigerator. (I checked, that's not it.)

The sound is not very audible when the x-over sub gain is set to 1/2, but is VERY audible when the x-over pot is on full gain. I don't know if I damaged the amp, the electronic crossover, or if I just need to clean some connections, etc. Any advice on how to diagnose this?

Thanks!
dancarne
sdcampbell
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Dan: Can you provide one other bit of info? Where do you hear the clicking -- does it seem to be coming from the amp, the crossover, or the speaker?
dancarne OP
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Ah, the clicking sound is coming from the passive subwoofer that is hooked up to the Adcom. If I had to peg the freq of the clicking, I'd say about 3000Hz, but on a rhythm of 40Hz. Hmm, I'm going to check the warble tone generator in the active crossover. Maybe it's on. I don't have any cables hooked up to that part of the x-over, but maybe it's jumping connections/crosstalk, etc.
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