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Horrific crackeling at power down...!?!

Ugh. A new problem. When I power down my amplifier (Bryston 4b-st) I get a truly horrifying crackeling / static sound through one or both speakers for a couple of seconds. I mean, this is a really scary sound, under the circumstances. I unplugged everything, recheched my ground, and it behaved. Once. Now it's back. Having exhausted my pathetically meager bag of tricks for dealing with electrical woes, what do I do? I'm half afraid to turn it back on again and, on the occasions when I do, I am even more afraid to turn it off (which I do rarely, in any event). Has happened three times, currently off. Help? Many, many thanks.
mezmo
sndsel
98 posts
 
A temporary work around, of course, is to disconnect your speakers before you power down if you are concerned about damaging them. I am not familiar with how your amp normally deals with changing bias as the voltage bleeds down. Perhaps someone else is, or contact the manufacturer.
vantageaudio
182 posts
 
Assuming you don't have another item of equipment ahead of the amp signal input switching off just ahead of the amp you may have something "leaking" to ground which you should get checked asap. Agree with Sndsel, contact Bryston as they will be more than helpful. Good luck, Richard at www.vantageaudio.com
sean
6,231 posts
 
Contact Dennis at the Bryston U.S. service facility. While i no longer have a Bryston amp, he / they are phenomenal to deal with. If you send them an email via their website, they will typically respond quite quickly with the necessary info and phone numbers. Good luck and hope it's nothing serious. Even if it is, you won't be out much money at all due to Bryston's warranty. Sean PS.... When is the last time that you checked the humidity level in your house ? This sounds like a longshot / freak thing, but you might be surprised what a lack of moisture in the air can cause.
mezmo OP
516 posts
 
Interesting thought re lack of moisture--it IS exceptionally dry in there over the winter...maybe not such a long shot after all. In the meantime, I'l will drop Bryston a line. Many thanks to all.
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