I have been using the quickie for several months now and up until now it has been working great. Yesterday it started to have some issues. I have a cd player plugged into the inputs closest to the front. Turned evrything on, started the cd and no sound. First thing I thought was that the batteries have finally gone dead. I have been using the same set for months. I shut everything dow, put in fresh batteries and fired everything up. Still no sound. I shut it all down again and hooked the cd player into the back inputs. Tried again and everything worked. After the music played for a while, I noticed some intermitent static. It seem to get worse as time went on. Finally shut it down and did a quick visual on the solder joints etc. Nothing jumped out initially and I have not had time to really give it a closer look yet. Any thoughts as to where to start??
Quickie Problems
- Thread starter brucef
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aragorn723
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Are any of your measurements out of whack?
Dave
Dave
I hooked things back up this morning and both inputs are working again, but both of them have quite a bit of static. i checked voltage at the test points indicated in the manual. They are as follows:
1A 35.1
1B 35.1
A6 25.9
B6 25.7
A5 1.8
B5 1.8
I looked over the solder joints but don't see anything that looks suspect, but then again I am far from being an expert.
1A 35.1
1B 35.1
A6 25.9
B6 25.7
A5 1.8
B5 1.8
I looked over the solder joints but don't see anything that looks suspect, but then again I am far from being an expert.
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aragorn723
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A6 and B6 are about 20% higher than they should be (19-21v). That's probably worth looking into. Also, have you tried swapping out just the RCA to rule that out?
Dave
Dave
aragorn723
New member
That's the one.. Could be an intermittent connection in there that worked on the first set of inputs but not the others.
Dave
Dave
Well, well, well. So I swapped out the RCA cables with some cheapo ones that you would get at perhaps Walmart or ?? No static, only the usual microphonics as you adjust the volume. Tried them on both inputs and they seem fine. Thanks Dave! Guess I will be asking for some new RCA cables for Fathers Day 
. Not sure why the voltage is high on A6 and B6. Any suggestions as to what to look for would be appreciated.
. Not sure why the voltage is high on A6 and B6. Any suggestions as to what to look for would be appreciated.aragorn723
New member
Glad it worked ;D How do the solder joints at A6 and B6 look? Are they bright and shiny?
Dave
Dave
Paul Joppa
Moderator
There is still some confusion, going back ~5 years. There is a thread from back then:
http://bottlehead.com/smf/index.php?topic=2488.0
If the 1.5v batteries are installed correctly, the nominal plate voltage (pins 2 or 6) should be around 28v. The observed 26v indicates a fresh tube. In other words, no worries!
http://bottlehead.com/smf/index.php?topic=2488.0
If the 1.5v batteries are installed correctly, the nominal plate voltage (pins 2 or 6) should be around 28v. The observed 26v indicates a fresh tube. In other words, no worries!
aragorn723
New member
Paul, thanks for the clarification. Sounds like a6 and b6 are good! Wish I could white out my pjccs pdf on that one lol.
Bruce, are you back up and running then?
Dave
Bruce, are you back up and running then?
Dave
aragorn723
New member
Cheers! Enjoy 8)
Dave
Dave
Almost reluctant to post here again. So, I got home today and decided to mess with the Quickie setup. Turned everything on and the static started again. Tried both sets of inputs, put in different tubes, and even put the original rca cables in the mix. It will be nice and quiet and then randomly some static. Almost like interference during an electrical storm. I even tried waving my cell phone around things to see if that was triggering it. I started messing with the on/off/selector switch and that seems to trigger things. If I push on it a bit or jiggle it around it seems to give me the static. I can get it to stop and it will be fine for 5, 10, 20 minutes and then there will be a random static crackle for a few seconds and then it stops. This all started out of the blue a couple of days ago. Thinking about swapping out the selector switch. Any thoughts??
Bruce,
I was having similar problems with my Quickie. I changed the RCAs, volume pot and the selector switch, each time certain that I had found the problem. But the problem of static always returned. Then I was sure that the problem was RFI so I moved my modem / router well away from the audio gear.This also seemed to cure the problem for awhile, but it returned. What finally cured the problem (so far) was to place fairly heavy metal weights on the 9V batteries. I placed thin rubber pads between the batteries and the weights. I mentioned in a previous post that I don't know if the weights are shielding the batteries or just improving the battery contact but so far so good.
Jamie
I was having similar problems with my Quickie. I changed the RCAs, volume pot and the selector switch, each time certain that I had found the problem. But the problem of static always returned. Then I was sure that the problem was RFI so I moved my modem / router well away from the audio gear.This also seemed to cure the problem for awhile, but it returned. What finally cured the problem (so far) was to place fairly heavy metal weights on the 9V batteries. I placed thin rubber pads between the batteries and the weights. I mentioned in a previous post that I don't know if the weights are shielding the batteries or just improving the battery contact but so far so good.
Jamie
aragorn723
New member
Do you have another set of tubes to try?
Dave
Dave
