anyway to repair my amp? keeps making brusting sounds

[newtoCaps101]

i'm not sure whats wrong, i have a retro dts2500 from Cambridge and haven't been able to fix it. the amp i think is the source of the problem, it keeps making these loud bursting or hissing and popping sounds through the speakers.

the knobs are good, i have them oiled, i have done some soldiering on it in case there was a dry joint but haven't been able to repair it. the caps look to be in good shape and a recap might cost me a pretty penny, so trying to isolate the issue and just repair / replace whats broken there is also plenty of white noise.. can you guys help me out?

[bile]

Re: anyway to repair my amp? keeps making brusting sounds

I have the same issue with a carver mt-500 amp or from my carver c-1 pre-amp, have not been able to find a wiring diagram or any technical help as these units are no longer made. Any help would be appreciated.

[budm]

Re: anyway to repair my amp? keeps making brusting sounds

Bile, you can find out if you have the problem in the pre-amp C-1 or the power amp, if you have PC powered speakers system, you can use the RCA to stereo mini phone jack adapter to take the line out of the C-1 and feed it to the powered speakers line input and see if you can hear any noise, if not, then the problem is in the power amp section. That will be the first step to narrow down the problem first.

By the way, you can get service manuals for your CARVER here:
http://thecarversite.com/manuals.htm