Does This Sound Correct?

Hank Rearden · « **on:** 10 Dec 2003, 09:05 pm »

Recently when I played my HT3 I noticed the right Channel sounded distorted while the other two channels sounded pristine. I assumed a fuse had blown so instead of sending it to Klaus I took it to a recommended audio repair shop. I asked them to simply replace the fuse (I could not reach it and I did not want to take apart the inner workings to get to it) and don't touch anything else.

I received a call from them and they told me the transistors were bad and needed to be replaced. Additionally, the circuits needed to be repaired because of "Cold Soldering." They could do all of this for $228.00. Needless to say I asked them to put it back together with a new fuse(s) and I take it form there.

Does this sound right? The amp is less than a year old and is used only for HT. Any opinions would be very helpful.

Happy Holidays,
Hank

MaxCast · « **Reply #1 on:** 10 Dec 2003, 09:09 pm »

You have a 20 year warranty. Call Klaus and he will take care of you.

jcoat007 · « **Reply #2 on:** 10 Dec 2003, 09:20 pm »

I have an HT-3 and have blown the right channel fuse several times. It is a real b_tch to get to that fuse, but it is possible.

With the 20 yr warranty, you are better off sending it back to Klaus and have him look at it.

I doubt those things are already bad, but I would let Klaus take a look.

Marbles · « **Reply #3 on:** 10 Dec 2003, 09:33 pm »

As others have mentioned...send it to the man. I don't think a fuse would cause distortion, normally they are on/off type switches.

jcoat007 · « **Reply #4 on:** 10 Dec 2003, 09:39 pm »

Quote from: Marbles

As others have mentioned...send it to the man. I don't think a fuse would cause distortion, normally they are on/off type switches.

Actually, my experience with the HT-3 is that when the fuse blows, it causes a crackling distorted kind of sound out of the channel that is affected.

Marbles · « **Reply #5 on:** 10 Dec 2003, 09:46 pm »

That's interesting..I have only blown the outside power fuse, not any internal ones, but knowing the function of a fuse, it sounds (no pun) odd to me that you would still get sound from that channel.

I guess I just learned something new today.

jcoat007 · « **Reply #6 on:** 10 Dec 2003, 11:34 pm »

Quote from: Marbles

That's interesting..I have only blown the outside power fuse, not any internal ones, but knowing the function of a fuse, it sounds (no pun) odd to me that you would still get sound from that channel.

I guess I just learned something new today.

I agree with you. In thinking about this, I don't think there was any sound coming from the right channel when the fuse blew. It was when I used my HT Processor to send test pink noise to each channel (to see if it was working) that the distortion came out. It was a low crackling noise, but I only heard it with the pink noise.

It might be white noise, or brown noise, but my ears are not yet attuned to the differences in noise.

Eduardo AAVM · « **Reply #7 on:** 11 Dec 2003, 02:44 am »

"Actually, my experience with the HT-3 is that when the fuse blows, it causes a crackling distorted kind of sound out of the channel that is affected."

YES THAT IS RIGHT AS YOU SAID, I POST JUST TO CONFIRM THAT IN MY EXPERIENCE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.

Hank Rearden · « **Reply #8 on:** 11 Dec 2003, 08:42 am »

Thanks to everone who responded. I will send it back to Klaus for inspection. It is just so hard to wait for the turn around. I can only imagine how long it will take with all of the new toys people will be getting from "Santa" Klaus.

mgalusha · « **Reply #9 on:** 12 Dec 2003, 03:35 am »

There are two fuses per channel in the Stratos. If only one blew it's possible that the other pair of transistors could still be working and producing the distorted sound.

Mike G.