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Crackling in right channel, what do I do? Help, please.
Gryphon Colosseum Binding Posts   
Crackling in right channel, what do I do? Help, please.
Gryphon speaker cable spades     
Crackling in right channel, what do I do? Help, please.
I need binding posts like this: Gryphon speaker connections or at least connectors that are open on all sides so my spades can fit.   
Crackling in right channel, what do I do? Help, please.
I swapped the speaker cables at the amp and the crackle moved. It’s a channel on the amp. I was excited about the Benchmark until I realized that the speaker binding posts will only take small spades. My Gryphon speaker cables have huge spades. T... 
Crackling in right channel, what do I do? Help, please.
Who makes a good 150w into 8ohms Class AB amplifier for about $3k? I need to be able to lift the thing. It has to have balanced inputs. No tubes.   
Crackling in right channel, what do I do? Help, please.
Thanks everybody. I’ve seen enough to swap the amp to see what happens. I can’t take any more chances with the monster amplifier. The crackling appears to be happening more frequently now. I’m not going down the tube road. You guys have convinced... 
Crackling in right channel, what do I do? Help, please.
Another try at posting the manual: Gryphon Colosseum Manual  
Crackling in right channel, what do I do? Help, please.
The amplifier is Class A the whole way. There are some low, and medium bias modes of 30w Class A and 70w Class A but I never use them.    The manual Is here:    the front and rear edges of the amplifier are heat sinks and, yes, they get h... 
Crackling in right channel, what do I do? Help, please.
The specs are here: Gryphon Colosseum Specs in the right column. The whole system is on a dedicated 20a line and the amplifier is plugged into a high current plug on an AudioQuest Niagara 5000.  
Crackling in right channel, what do I do? Help, please.
I think my system sounds good and has life. Here is an iPhone video of one minute of Dame Janet Baker singing Where Corals Lies from Elgar’s Sea Pictures: Elgar video I hope this works. It’s hosted on Imgur. You may need to turn the sound on by ... 
Crackling in right channel, what do I do? Help, please.
The Gryphon Colosseum can produce 1250w at 1ohm and 5400w at 1/2 an ohm. The capacitors are huge. The amp has plenty of power and can handle far larger speakers than the Cantatas.   See here:     
Crackling in right channel, what do I do? Help, please.
Before the preamp are my sources, and switching between them did not get rid of the crackle. Hopefully, I’ll have a new amp to try within the week to see what happens. I’m not going to be able to move the monster amp for probably a month or more.   
Crackling in right channel, what do I do? Help, please.
I switched the speaker cables and the crackle went to the other speaker.  I'd go for a Son of Ampzilla II for around $1500. I missed one on Reverb. 220 watts into 8 ohms, 350watts into 4 ohms. A 20lb transformer is a good start. James Bongiorno a... 
Crackling in right channel, what do I do? Help, please.
Ok, well, I’ll buy a replacement amplifier, swap it in, and see if the crackle comes back. I don’t want to take any more chances with the monster amp.   
Crackling in right channel, what do I do? Help, please.
Yes, first I switched the speaker cables and the crackle switched channels. Switching the inputs from the preamp did not move the crackle.