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    Hi Folks,

    My Croft Series 7 arrived today to go with my Croft RIAA and Croft 25 Line Only (Zero Gain).

    It was all sounding lovely using a digital source when I decided to switch to vinyl.

    Perhaps I didn’t do things in the right order, but I switched the 25 to Phono (another line in on my 25) and turned on the RIAA. The RIAA doesn’t have a power on delay and immediately caused crackling and popping out of both speakers. After that, no sound from the Series 7 at all and verified that other power amps work fine. So clearly the 7 is bust although it might be a fault with the RIAA or 25 that caused it.

    I’ve swapped valves in the 7 and no joy still.

    Any ideas? I’ve emailed Glenn and Adrian at Audio Flair (Adrian is brilliant) but I am impatient for some opinions as my weekend of listening is now spoiled, unfortunately.

    Thanks all.

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    Check the fuses at the back Alfie . I did something similar to mine and I had blown one ( or more ? ) of the fuses .
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    Thanks, I’ll check them.

    Can it really be true that turning on the RIAA will always blow a fuse? There was often a little pop here and there when the RIAA and 25 were feeding a Quad 303 but never any damage done.

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    Sorry don't know the answer to that question .I would check the fuses first though .
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    Sorry to hear this. I see you are in Sheff, Doesnt everyone have Linn/Naim/Rega in Sheffield
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    Ha, I live less than a mile from the reason you say that. Plenty of reasons I went with Croft, I’m not writing it off yet by any means.

    Not about to spend 5k on a system that doesn’t sound as good!

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    Quote Originally Posted by beadlesabout View Post
    Thanks, I’ll check them.

    Can it really be true that turning on the RIAA will always blow a fuse? There was often a little pop here and there when the RIAA and 25 were feeding a Quad 303 but never any damage done.
    No, you can switch inputs as you wish. I always turn down the volume when I do that or mute, as I do with any amp, to avoid noises.

    Crofts are pretty well bullet proof, so check the fuses on rear.

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    I would just wait and see what Glenn come's back with, there will undoubtably be a rational explanation, the Croft series is know to be pretty reliable, and i doubt very much that it is an inherent design fault.
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    I had the same issue when I had a Series 7. It will be a fuse needs replacing that's all. You do need to be careful about what order you switch them on to avoid it happening again.
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    Just a thought, nothing to base this on : It is possible if the RIAA is capacitor coupled that the cap is failing allowing DC through and this is what has blown the amp if it doesn't have a cap coupled input. I'm pretty certain the 303 does have a cap on the input which would protect it. I'd be inclined to get it serviced or at least to measure DC across the output terminals of the RIAA during startup. Any cheap meter will do for this, it shouldn't show anything beyond a small momentary blip.

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