Radio/Amplifier Fuzzy Sound

[Tony Oasis Environmental]

I have often heard radios sounding fuzzy and distorted and have one which
does so after several minutes playing.

At first, it sounds quite good (for a small radio) but will become so
distorted that after a few minutes is unlistenable. Switching off and on
does not cure the problem - Unless it is left for a week or so.

My guess is a capacitor fault but which one(s)?

Thanks in advance

Tony

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[Michael Gray]

Is it powered by mains or batteries?

On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 13:08:11 +0100, "Tony Oasis Environmental Ltd"
<tony@oasisenviro.co.uk> wrote:

I have often heard radios sounding fuzzy and distorted and have one which
does so after several minutes playing.

At first, it sounds quite good (for a small radio) but will become so
distorted that after a few minutes is unlistenable. Switching off and on
does not cure the problem - Unless it is left for a week or so.

My guess is a capacitor fault but which one(s)?

Thanks in advance

Tony

 

[Terry]

Tony Oasis Environmental Ltd wrote:

I have often heard radios sounding fuzzy and distorted and have one which
does so after several minutes playing.

At first, it sounds quite good (for a small radio) but will become so
distorted that after a few minutes is unlistenable. Switching off and on
does not cure the problem - Unless it is left for a week or so.

My guess is a capacitor fault but which one(s)?

Thanks in advance

Tony

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Oasis Environmental Ltd. Water and Effluent Treatment, Process Chemistry and
Biological Products.
Visit our Website: www.oasisenviro.co.uk

Tony:
This could just be a troll?
E.g. an attempt to get free advertising of a commercial
organization?
"Fuzzy" could be any number of things, including a tube heater to
cathode short, a leaky coupling capacitor, and a half dozen other
possibilities.
Is it a tube radio, transistor, age, type, model #, weak
battery/faulty power cube ...... ??????
Maybe the < rec.antiques.radio+phono > group could help you;
especially if it is a tube radio. (Or is it an amplifier fed by a
radio?) It's rather fuzzy what type of unit we are talking about
here.
But you'd need to provide a great deal more information. Saying
the radio 'goes fuzzy' after playing for a few minutes is rather
like saying "My water is undrinkable!"; for which, probably,
there may be a half dozen reasons (at least)? Or. "My car won't
start" for which there are dozens of reasons!
Terry.