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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>Sorry, that third line should of course have said
"If the crackling disappears or changes greatly during silent passages, which it
*does not* sound like it does...</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=tlr@gairloch.co.uk href="mailto:tlr@gairloch.co.uk">Two Lochs
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>Okay, no that doesn't sound like a buffer
problem at all.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>If the crackle continues during silent passages
i would say it is a hardware problem, most probably a power supply filtering
issue. (It could be, for example, a dried out electrolytic capacitor that
cease to perform sufficient filtering as it gets a bit warmer.)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>If the crackling disappears or changes greatly
during silent passages, which it sounds like it does, I would say it was
more likely a software problem. It does change a little as the sound gets
louder, but this could happen as power loading changes with the
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