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Issue with Marantz 2230

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codyhale

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Hello all! i've been dealing with an issue with my marantz 2230 off and on for about a year now. there is a loud popping/screech/fuzz coming out of the right channel of the 2230. no matter where the volume is/ or what buttons i have pushed it is always the same volume which sounds like it could blow my speakers. about 4 months ago i acquired a Marantz model 140 for a really good deal so now i'm just slaving the 2230 as a preamp and the popping issue has started to come back within the last few days. the weird thing is sometimes it won't happen for months at a time, but it still eventually comes back.. i initially had my tech change all the white caps on the tone board, because that's what he recommended, but the problem is still there. i've also tried different speakers/etc. i've uploaded a video to youtube that i filmed of the receiver making the popping sound. any help would be greatly appreciated.

 
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Sometimes cooling or heating an area can help isolate and provoke intermittent problems.
I've never heard an amp make that type of sound. Bizarre !
Try tapping around on the chassis with a insulated or plastic stick (diddle stick).
You might just get lucky and find a sensitive area to localize the source of the pop.
I just finished servicing a customers 2252B. Beautiful and very well built piece of machinery.
 
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That is interesting. Happens on all sources?

Could be transistors in the preamp.

Rob
 
codyhale said:
Hello all! i've been dealing with an issue with my marantz 2230 off and on for about a year now. there is a loud popping/screech/fuzz coming out of the right channel of the 2230. no matter where the volume is/ or what buttons i have pushed it is always the same volume which sounds like it could blow my speakers. about 4 months ago i acquired a Marantz model 140 for a really good deal so now i'm just slaving the 2230 as a preamp and the popping issue has started to come back within the last few days. the weird thing is sometimes it won't happen for months at a time, but it still eventually comes back.. i initially had my tech change all the white caps on the tone board, because that's what he recommended, but the problem is still there. i've also tried different speakers/etc. i've uploaded a video to youtube that i filmed of the receiver making the popping sound. any help would be greatly appreciated.

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2SC1000, and 2SC458 transistors are WELL known to do just that. Your "tech" should have known that, and known "white caps" aren't the problem.
 
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