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Btw I know that photo aint exactly helpful, Im gonna attach a better one later

[anothertom]

The general hissing sound could be just a high noise floor, this can be caused if your gain staging isn't set up quite right if you're using the DAC in the interface. Alternatively if the CTH has a high noise floor by itself then that would be an issue.

 

No idea what the clicking could be, other than possibly a broken connection or solder joint which sometimes separates then reconnects.

[The Flying Sloth]

Tubes really are like gambling, you can get great ones that will last for decades or bad ones that will die in months, I've spent enough time around tube microphones to learn this the hard way. Also the colour thing is a lie...

 

Assuming it's socketed and a standard tube you can get replacements fairly cheap, new sovtek and mullard 12AT7 tubes can be had around 20 USD and while they won't be as great as NOS the price certainly reflects that.

 

Now, it's also entirely possible that the issues have nothing to do with your tube and may just be how that amp sounds, it's also possible that you have EMI or dirty power somewhere, these things are really hard to troubleshoot over text on a forum. 

 

Sloth

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19 minutes ago, The Flying Sloth said:

Tubes really are like gambling, you can get great ones that will last for decades or bad ones that will die in months, I've spent enough time around tube microphones to learn this the hard way. Also the colour thing is a lie...

 

Assuming it's socketed and a standard tube you can get replacements fairly cheap, new sovtek and mullard 12AT7 tubes can be had around 20 USD and while they won't be as great as NOS the price certainly reflects that.

 

Now, it's also entirely possible that the issues have nothing to do with your tube and may just be how that amp sounds, it's also possible that you have EMI or dirty power somewhere, these things are really hard to troubleshoot over text on a forum. 

 

Sloth

could a power adapter be the reason for "dirty power"? 

[The Flying Sloth]

7 minutes ago, OddGreyFox211 said:

could a power adapter be the reason for "dirty power"? 

Absolutely, but so could a microwave on the same circuit, so could a powerline ethernet adapter. Unshielded cables or unbalanced cables can also cause issues, it's really not easy to figure out what the problem is. From memory SSL had a troubleshooting guide that worked reasonable well though I'm not sure where it is, he was just a little overconfident in its usefulness which could cause friction, try and dig that up and it may help you out a lot, I'll go looking once I can convince myself to get out of the warm bed.

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47 minutes ago, anothertom said:

The general hissing sound could be just a high noise floor, this can be caused if your gain staging isn't set up quite right if you're using the DAC in the interface. Alternatively if the CTH has a high noise floor by itself then that would be an issue.

 

No idea what the clicking could be, other than possibly a broken connection or solder joint which sometimes separates then reconnects.

not setup right? There's nothing to set up. No driver, no buttons, no nothing. All I can do is adjust the volume, so I don't quite know what you mean. But I am using the DAC built in to the CTH. The thing on top is just for my mic, has nothing to do with it.

Edit: The clicking sound is similar to what you hear when turning the amp on. Slightly quieter and a bit "muffled". Happens randomly, but usually not when the amp has been in use for some time, mostly in the first 30 minutes after turning it on

[The Flying Sloth]

7 minutes ago, OddGreyFox211 said:

not setup right? There's nothing to set up.

He means that your windows audio should be maximum to reduce quality loss as a result of analogue conversion and amplification.

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20 hours ago, The Flying Sloth said:

He means that your windows audio should be maximum to reduce quality loss as a result of analogue conversion and amplification.

really? so I should set the volume in windows and all apps to 100%? just touching the volume dial would make me go deaf. 

[The Flying Sloth]

1 hour ago, OddGreyFox211 said:

really? so I should set the volume in windows and all apps to 100%? just touching the volume dial would make me go deaf. 

If it's too loud for you then no, but the general idea is that digital signals don't degrade so getting as much for the gain staging done on the digital side before it gets to the analogue side for technically better quality sound.

 

If that gets too loud for you don't worry about it.

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1 hour ago, The Flying Sloth said:

If it's too loud for you then no, but the general idea is that digital signals don't degrade so getting as much for the gain staging done on the digital side before it gets to the analogue side for technically better quality sound.

 

If that gets too loud for you don't worry about it.

My personal perception is that having both analogue and digital dials at a "medium" level creates the best sound quality, so I'll just go with that like I did before, even though there's not any thought behind it, it's just what my ears perceive

[ShearMe]

For what it's worth, a ticking noise through a tube amp is probably due to temperature changes. Especially as the tube warms up you will probably notice ticking as the audio fades in until operating temperature is reached.