I am working on a Peavey Classic 50 and need to know if it is normal for a tube amp to have a speaker POP when coming in or going out of standby with the volume up to about 4? Is there a capacitor I could add to eliminate this?
Thanks,
Anthony
Does it pop when volume/tone/master/reverb are off (*all* pots in "0")?
No if I turn the volume down it does not pop, it does not matter where the reverb is and will do it on clean, or dirty channel. The Classic 50 has a Bypass where you could enter your own effects which bypass all tone controls and volume. there it does not pop when I do this. Also with everything set at zero except the main volume it still pops.
I could possibly do a sould byte of this.
Anthony
Then you don't have a problem, it's normal.
Non-standby tube amps don't pop because they have a "slow turn-on" built-in, the heater delay of about 30 seconds, but you are pre-heating it and turning it on "suddenly", which is all right.
Most SS amps pop or thump, because they are instant-on, so new chipamps often have some delay built in.
In a nutshell: don't worry, just turn your amp on and off with volume down.
In Fender amps, when the switch gets dirty, the pop gets loud. Cleaning does not help.
The fix in a Fender (and I'm assuming the PV is similar) is to replace the switch, and then solder a cap across the switch. .01uf is fine, at least 630v (1k or 2kv even better).
A cap might help, might not. As Juan said, it really is not a problem. Many many amps pop, and it hurts nothing. It is not a sign of impending amp failure.
The momentary spike when the switch opens is being picked up by the preamp, and amplified by the circuit as the powr fades away