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Why does unplugging/replugging TT leads from tube phono pre-amp reset dead channel?
I have a BAT VK P-10SE with Superpak. Tubed phono preamp. When one of the channels drops out (it actually is out when the system powers up), I used to go nuts trying to figure out which tube needed replacing. I have learned, after much frustration, that simply unplugging the lead from the Turntable - and plugging it back in - solves the problem. Sometimes it's the left channel. Sometimes the right. And if I leave the system on with no music playing for a while, on occasion a channel will drop out. I have asked at several stereo shops...no one know why this works. Or what the real underlying cause of the problem is. When it works...it sounds great. No indication of a tube issue. And the cartridge - Shelter 901 - sounds great, too. Any advice is welcome. Thanks.
Joe
Joe