Issue when both EL84 tubes are inserted [Solved]

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Issue when both EL84 tubes are inserted [Solved]

Postby dsound » Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:22 am

I finished piecing the amp together and it powers on! (lol) The issue occurs when I have both EL84 tubes inserted, when both are inserted, there is a high-pitched hum that is audible without any headphones/speakers plugged in. When I insert Headphones, the high-pitched-hum (from both channels) plays through the headphones and is very loud.

The strange part is this high-pitched hum completely disappears when either one of the EL84 tubes is removed. Music plays fine, no issues

I've checked all my solder-points and they seem good but there's obviously something that I'm missing. Thanks for any help you can offer!
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Re: Issue when both EL84 tubes are inserted

Postby Shannon Parks » Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:57 am

Email me some big internal pix, or post them. See if it gets stable with J8 removed (the feedback). If stable, then take voltages and post those, too.

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Re: Issue when both EL84 tubes are inserted

Postby dsound » Thu Aug 22, 2013 2:05 pm

separks wrote:Email me some big internal pix, or post them. See if it gets stable with J8 removed (the feedback). If stable, then take voltages and post those, too.

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Thanks for the advice!
I will take voltages + pics tonight. I was able to quickly unplug J8 though and it seemed to stabilize the amp.
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Re: Issue when both EL84 tubes are inserted

Postby dsound » Fri Aug 23, 2013 10:56 am

Problem solved! Turns out it was an issue with the wiring to the speaker-taps. Beautiful music playing through both channels now. Thanks for making such a great product!
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Re: Issue when both EL84 tubes are inserted

Postby Shannon Parks » Sun Aug 25, 2013 5:08 am

dsound wrote:Problem solved! Turns out it was an issue with the wiring to the speaker-taps. Beautiful music playing through both channels now. Thanks for making such a great product!


Excellent!

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