i have a pair of arc vt150se mono blocks with a arc ls26 preamp.on of the mono block is giving some sort of cracking noise when it is on after 5 minutes and continuing till the amplifier is set off.any suggestions what the cause could be?
What about when there is no preamp connected to it? Will it still emit that crackling noise ? There might be a faint hum when nothing's connected but it will be a safe thing to try
You should try to isolate the problem. Remove the Pre amp to make sure it's not that. Then cables and finally tubes. It could be a dry joint or anything. I wouldn't poke around inside though. Death awaits you if you don't know what you are doing. A lot of stored power in the power supply.
If this fails to find the problem send it back to ARC. It could probably do with a service anyway. Some new coupling caps would bring huge sonic joy I am sure after many years of hot use. One of my favourite amps of all time. Epic on a Magnepan or ML CLS
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