EarthSuburb Posted February 16, 2024 Share Posted February 16, 2024 The Line 6 Spider IV 150 CRACKLES loudly when turned on, and randomly while playing. I have no idea what kind of component inside that amp could possibly produce such loud crackles. I took the head out of the amp casing, and connected the amp to the loudspeakers (it's a stereo amp) with quality loudspeaker cables in order to diagnose. It is NOT a problem with the CHIPs, 'cause if it was, either the presets or the display would go ballistic or the amp wouldn't be triggering any modelling tone at all (no CHIP = no IQ = no tone). So it's something like a cap gone bad ... no idea. If you know what needs to be replaced, please post your comments. Here is the YouTube video demonstrating this major issue : Video link https://youtu.be/u7_PdY-STFQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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