Your power supply cap(s) are shot. Easy to replace if you’ve any skill with a screwdriver and a soldering iron.Likely you had one bad cap, and nobody noticed. When the second one failed, that’s when the AC hum started. And in defense of the seller, these literally can fail overnight.I doubt if it's a ground-loop all of a sudden. That hum would have occurred with your original amp.
Question about hum from speakers
I know there's at least one amp engineer here... I'd like some help. I bought a used solid-state amp from ebay; the ad read "
McCORMACK POWER DRIVE DNA-.5 Deluxe REV B POWER AMPLIFIER - EXCELLENT CONDITION!"
Well, I swapped it in, replacing a Dynaco Stereo 120, and there's a hum from both speakers. I have to believe that the seller was well aware of the hum. What I'm wondering is, is the hum a result of some electronic component(s) in the amp failing (or having failed), such that it's salvageable by replacing the bad component(s)? Or would that be hoping too much?
Well, I swapped it in, replacing a Dynaco Stereo 120, and there's a hum from both speakers. I have to believe that the seller was well aware of the hum. What I'm wondering is, is the hum a result of some electronic component(s) in the amp failing (or having failed), such that it's salvageable by replacing the bad component(s)? Or would that be hoping too much?
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