Thanks, Jedi :)

Hi, guys. Just replaced the power tube with a NOS Svetlana 6AS7G. The "snapin', cracklin', and poppin'" noise (as DarkDrummer so accurately described it in his post) is completely gone! The sound appears to be a little more detailed, but slightly less bassy. So far, so good.

After reading the articles sennfan83261 wrote about, I gently tapped the power tube and the popping/cracking sound disappeared. Surely enough, it came back after a few minutes, but tapping the tube again temporarily fixed the problem. And then again. So, I might be getting somewhere after all...

Thanks, Sennfan. Actually, I decided to order a NOS 6AS7, just to take one of the potential culprits out of the picture. I'll be back after replacing the tube, in a few days.

Well, no tubes - silence; small tube only - silence; large tube only - noise. Interestingly enough, I forgot to take the headphones off while removing the 6AS7 (amp turned off, of course) and, when wiggling the tube just a little bit in order to release it from the socket, I could clearly hear...

And yes, I don't have any extra tubes yet.

By the way, sorry for my ignorance, but which one is the power tube? Just curious. I'd put my money on the big one :smile_phones:...

Thanks, Jedi, I'll do just that and let you know.

On another forum, somebody suggested me to swap the tubes (to one another), in order to see what's wrong. Could I damage my amp by doing so (since the two tubes don't have the same specs)? One more thing: can I safely power up the unit without any tubes installed (just to take them out of the...

Hi Druelle. I have the same problem with my new 336SE, right out of the box. Did you find any solution to this static noise issue? Thanks!

Guys, I'm really sorry for posting this here, where I'm pretty sure my issue does not belong, but this being the "richest" thread on the 336SE and read by a lot of people, please bear with me. I had to give it a try... Here's my problem: I got my Darkvoice a couple of days ago and it's already...