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Is any hum at all tolerable?
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02-20-2021, 09:25 PM
Do you have a good tester? You might have some heater/cathode leakage and that will cause hum for sure. Try changing tubes with known new or for sure good ones, start with the audio output as that one one has the most stress on it. They all seem to have a slight hum but it should be minimal.

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Is any hum at all tolerable? - by lasurveyor - 02-20-2021, 08:38 PM
RE: Is any hum at all tolerable? - by David - 02-20-2021, 08:50 PM
RE: Is any hum at all tolerable? - by radio1 - 02-20-2021, 09:12 PM
RE: Is any hum at all tolerable? - by lasurveyor - 02-20-2021, 09:16 PM
RE: Is any hum at all tolerable? - by gregb - 02-20-2021, 09:25 PM
RE: Is any hum at all tolerable? - by lasurveyor - 02-20-2021, 10:02 PM
RE: Is any hum at all tolerable? - by Radioroslyn - 02-20-2021, 10:25 PM
RE: Is any hum at all tolerable? - by radiorich - 02-20-2021, 11:03 PM
RE: Is any hum at all tolerable? - by RodB - 02-21-2021, 09:23 AM
RE: Is any hum at all tolerable? - by lasurveyor - 02-21-2021, 02:30 PM



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