Pooh Bear coughed up:
"Thomas G. Marshall" wrote:

My receiver once in a while will buzz loudly or humm softly. This
happens maybe once every 30 days or so, and I use the thing every
day. It *might* be increasing, but I'm not sure.

Quite likely it is. Once these things start.......


Is this indicative of 1. it dying, or 2. something failing and
causing an impropper ground, or short?

Probably neither. It may simply be a poor connection.


Please advise. This is an 8 year old Kenwood receiver. Nothing
special. Pro Logic is all it's got.

Have you tried thumping it when it misbehaves ?

A good way of discovering if a poor joint is at fault.


Graham

Excellent point! I once had one of the very first Atari-800's. It was a
beaut of a machine back then, but it had a flakiness to it that caused me to
have to smack it hard (!!) every now and then to turn on properly.

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