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Crackling popping in my MM HD 212 130

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Mike Riley
Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - 11:11 am:   

Two weeks ago a crackling popping sound started in my MM HD 212 130.It gets worse naturally from the 65 to 130 watt settings. I canged the 12Ax7 driver tube to no avail. The Output tubes seem OK. It sounds like a field of light bulbs popping randomly. I cannot play it. Everything works but the noise interferes tremendously. Is it the filter caps? If Steve or anyone can help me it would be much appreciated.
Steve Kennedy
Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 04:25 pm:   

Filter caps are a possibility but by no means a certainty.

It the noise a constant level regardless of volume or Master Volume control settings?

What you describe sounds a lot like "pop-corn noise", which is usually caused by a solid state component (IC, Transistor or Diode).