(Topic ID: 166025)

Harlem Globetrotters: Bad Speaker or Soundboard??

By fabes23

7 years ago



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#1 7 years ago

I just brought home a decent HGT (minor play field wear) and the only real issue I'm seeing (although I'm a newbie) is the sound. The sound of the opening song "Sweet Georgia Brown" tones can be inconsistent. Some times I power it up and it's correct, others it's not. It seems to be off at first, and as I play (continuously), it seems to get to the correct tones or work itself out, but not always.

I have put the two different versions of tones/sounds on youtube. Watch below....

The first one is with the INCORRECT sound/tones:

The second is with the CORRECT sound/tones:

Is this a bad speaker or a soundboard problem? Anyone have any idea on what this is?

#2 7 years ago

Sound board probably needs a new capacitor kit.

It's not the speaker.

#3 7 years ago

Jep, new caps wil probably do the trick.
Add a little more sustain with the upper potmeter on the board.

#4 7 years ago

I had a similar issue with my HGOT - in my case, reflowing the solder on the sound board header pins did the trick. Might want to take a look and see if they look cracked.

#5 7 years ago

Reflowing the solder on the sound board seemed to do the trick for now. I'll keep my eyes (& ears) on it. Thanks for the help/replies!

#6 7 years ago

yep beat me to it. I was going to say flaky connector solder joint causing a bit of sound data to go missing at times.

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