Speaker cutting out intermittently


Primaluna Evo 100 feeding Primaluna Dialogue Premium feeding Klipsch Cornwalls.  After listening for several hours while straightening up the house, I noticed change in volume.  I checked and found left channel silent.  Turned off amp and muted preamp.  After a cool down, I reversed speaker connections on the back of the amp, and powered up.  Everything good.  I gently wiggled them before shut down, with no effect.  Since preamp remained on/muted, I’m ruling that out.  Power tubes are nearly new KT 150’s.  Warning lights for those tubes remain off/good.  Changed sources at beginning of this to rule that out.  So…any thoughts on this?  I’m not a tech guy,,basics only, so any insight is greatly appreciated.  

george53

Showing 1 response by boomerbillone

It is possible that some very fine wires in the speaker cables have come loose on the + and - terminals causing them to touch each other and partiall "short out" the signal to the speaker. If your close vision is not top notch, use a bright lignt and a magnifying glass to check. I actually solved an intermittant problem in a church PA system that had gone on for years cutting in and out as the heat protection circuits in the power amp was triggered and then, when the amp cooled a bit, the amp came back on. (With a tube amp, that probably isn't happening.) The problem was a sloppy soldering job in a phone plug carrying sound to one of the speakers. I hope you find the problem.