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Weird crackling from speakers when preamp connected

I've got an MC275 hooked up to a VTL 2.5 preamp, when I reconnected it after some maintenance, whenever I turn the preamp on then the amp, once they both warm up, the crackling starts.

I hooked up the amp to my DAC and had no issues with crackling, swapped tubes, interconnects and power cord, different inputs/outputs, same crackling issue when using preamp but no issue when connected to the DAC as a preamp.

Sonus Faber Olymica !, MC275 Amp, VTL 2.5 preamp, Auralic Vega DAC, nordost interconnects/speaker cables, panamax power conditioner.

My last step is to see if I can either borrow a tube preamp or buy a cheap one to test it.

Any suggestions are welcome as I'm running out of ideas.

 

maddog66blue

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jeffbij
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@mistercrash - I would help to know the make/model of the integrated?

 

jeffbij
189 posts
 

@mistercrash 

Good luck finding a Gamut dealer in the US.  I have a friend that had a set of Gamut speakers and needed replacement parts. (His 4 year old son put a fork through a couple of the drivers.) He never did find a source. I sent him an email and he told me that they got bought up by another Danish company and they kinda disappeared in the US.  He said there was a dealership (Audio Skies) in the LA area, but I don't know if they still rep them.

I sure someone in Audiogon knows a good independant repair shop that might be able to help.

-Jeff

 

 

 

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