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plester1
Jul 9, 2004





I've got an old 70s Harman Kardon 2-channel receiver that has an interesting quirk. When I first power it up and try to play some music, it will cut in and out at a very regular interval, with an accompanying popping noise. As it "warms up", this off-and-on cycle slows down until it eventually just stays on and operates normally.

I used to not have a problem with this because it would only take about 30 seconds to "warm up" and then I could operate normally. However, its been getting worse, taking up to 5 minutes or longer to finally work. Sometimes it won't resolve itself at all anymore unless I power it off and try again to start it up.

What does this problem seem like to you guys? Bad capacitors? Grounding problem? Failing solder joint? I'm not uncomfortable with taking the thing apart, but I'm not really sure where to start.

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