So I have my MKIII pair up and running; they sound good, not a lot of hum or hiss but one amp has a lot less volume than the other. I re-did these 10 or so years ago with the VTA boards so the 470K resistor is not present... I am not sure where to begin troubleshooting other than I did switch out the output and rectifier tubes with no changes noted.
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Low Volume On One Amp of Pair (MKIII)
simpleton- Posts : 5
Join date : 2022-01-18
Just a thought, but have you tried swapping the inputs between amps to verify your source is good?
snip73- Posts : 16
Join date : 2014-02-04
I should have mentioned that I did do that as well. Thanks.
peterh- Posts : 1869
Join date : 2012-12-25
Location : gothenburg, sweden
It makes me think that this is no Dynaco MkIII. If they are something elsesnip73 wrote:So I have my MKIII pair up and running; they sound good, not a lot of hum or hiss but one amp has a lot less volume than the other. I re-did these 10 or so years ago with the VTA boards so the 470K resistor is not present... I am not sure where to begin troubleshooting other than I did switch out the output and rectifier tubes with no changes noted.
and you want intelligent answers you should post correct schematics.
snip73- Posts : 16
Join date : 2014-02-04
Schematics here. No disrespect; I just assumed there might be a common "go to" point for troubleshooting that didn't require posting them:
https://ibb.co/6tBHbnR
https://ibb.co/x2Cr8Zc
https://ibb.co/6tBHbnR
https://ibb.co/x2Cr8Zc
mijohn- Posts : 119
Join date : 2013-06-19
Have you tried swapping tubes between the good and bad amps?
peterh- Posts : 1869
Join date : 2012-12-25
Location : gothenburg, sweden
The amplification is basically set by the quote R7 / R5 , the resistors in the feedback chain.
This is provided that the amp works without dist and is able to pull full power, if it distorts and/or
cannot produce full power it might be one side of the phase inverter that has problems.
This is provided that the amp works without dist and is able to pull full power, if it distorts and/or
cannot produce full power it might be one side of the phase inverter that has problems.