Once the knob is in place, and no longer rotating the signal is clean with no problems. Fix static and popping on stereo volume knobs lifehacker. At first, when i would turn up on my volume knob, there would be a crackling s. A rotary potentiometer, like this volume control, have a friction surface inside, so a. Im familiar with the knob based crackling, and can usually clean that up by playing with the knobs a. How to fix noisy crackling knobs scratchy controls on. How to repair scratchy noisy volume control or tone control. I have a crackling sound from my amp when i first turn it. Coming in after this has been getting answers for well over a year. Some younger techs are unaware of it and trust me it can be maddening. Discussion in audio hardware started by somnar, mar 19, 2009. It disappears after a few minutes, its as if it needs to warm up. Why is my electric guitar amp making crackling sound when. From what i have read, this may be a result of dirt or dust built up on the potentiometer internal bits.
The crackling wasnt loud, and it continued even as i turned the amp s volume knob all the way down. Hey ug, the volume knob on one of my guitars has been acting up lately. The volume level on the amp didnt seem to affect the crackling volume. You need to turn the volume knob between 1 and 11 over 9000 times to wear the track clean again. For example say you have the amp on your bench with the back panel off and the amp.
Later, i heard the noise when the tv was off and no source component was being used. Volume knob causes crackles ars technica openforum. Another source of crackling to look at, especially in combo amps, is the aluminum foil on the amps back panel. Buy chelink universal car rca remote amplifier level controller bass knob sub amp volume control cable. I rarely adjust the volume, as usually the volume adjustments built into windows or winamp usually take care of my needs, but ill have to try shutting it off and maxingminning the volume a bunch of times would be nice if i could adjust the volume properly. I keep the amp on at all times the integrated amp is a rega mira and is about a year old.