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Amplifier problem

Posted by akolegov (A) on January 15, 2016 at 15:22:07

Well, I was listening to the music for an hour and the sound suddenly disappeared. The amp is Cary SLI-80 hooked up through the Budgie phono preamp to the turntable.

I switched to CDP - no sound. In order to rule out the phono preamp, l connected it to the Eico HF-81 amplifier, and it played.

I am now listening to vinyl through Eico's phono input, but it sounds a little disappointing to me as compared to Cary/Budgie setup.

I checked and replaced Cary's fuses, but it didn't help. Where should I start my investigation tomorrow, given that I am not a technical man and I don't have tools to test it, except a digital multimeter? All the tubes in the Cary are glowing but there is no sound. Should I start with tubes (e.g., drivers first)?

Thanks in advance for assistance.

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