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Topic: Amp popping with new speaker? |
Cliff Kane
From:
the late great golden state
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Posted 2 Oct 2008 11:29 am |
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Hi,
I've just put a new Black Widow speaker in my Session 400 amp (the old speaker blew or melted the voice coil--it is totally silent/dead). The new speaker sounds good, everything seems fine. However, every now-and-then the amp will make a popping sound for no apparent reason. This popping sound is similar to the pop the amp makes when it is first tunred-on. I'm just curious if this is related to having a new speaker? Is this part of the breaking-in period of the speaker, or does it sound like it's only related to the amp? I'm thinking it may be the speaker because the amp did not do this before I replaced the speaker.
Thanks for your help!
Cliff |
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Ellis Miller
From:
Cortez, Colorado, USA
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Posted 2 Oct 2008 12:31 pm
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I would suggest some process of elimination. Try disconnecting the new speaker and running another speaker. If the noise is still there, it is the amp. If not, it is probably the speaker. Also, double check all of the connections etc.
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 2 Oct 2008 2:55 pm
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| I would suspect whatever caused the original speaker problem is still there. I would get the amp checked out. Considering the age of a Session 400 the filter caps in the power supply would be a potential problem area, if they have never been replaced. |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 2 Oct 2008 3:08 pm
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| Add to that the fact that no, popping is not a speaker break-in thing. The only speaker related thing that I know of that would cause anything remotely pop-like would be an intermittently bad connection. |
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Cliff Kane
From:
the late great golden state
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Posted 2 Oct 2008 7:00 pm
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| Thanks for the good ideas and advice, guys. Can faulty power supply caps cause damage to a speaker? |
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Jeff Hyman
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 2 Oct 2008 7:24 pm
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| I know this may be a dumb question... but I assume your replacement was with the same Ohms? ie: 4 vs 8 |
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Mike Brown
From:
Meridian, Mississippi USA
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Posted 3 Oct 2008 2:13 am Popping
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Again, Jack Stoner thinks the way that I do. You may send the amp to me at Peavey if you wish. A speaker will not make a "popping" sound unless is has exceeded its excursion limits, but I don't see that happening if the previous speaker didn't do it.
Our address is;
Peavey Service Center
Attn; Repair Dept.
412 Hwy. 80 East
Meridian, MS
Please include a copy of this post along with your daytime phone number when you ship the amp.
Mike Brown
Peavey USA |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 6 Oct 2008 4:08 am
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| Cliff Kane wrote: |
| Can faulty power supply caps cause damage to a speaker? |
Yes. |
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