Cracker Box Amp has static-looking for suggestions

capeclam · February 5, 2013, 5:14pm

Hi... I just finished building an amplifier, a CrackerBox Amp, from plans from Make Magazine. I hooked it up to my Ipod and the circuit seems like it wants to work except it has a lot of static. However, when I hold one of the arms of the rheostat and hold, in my other hand, the Ipod, it actually works pretty well, with no static. I'm wondering if anyone can shed any light on what might be causing the static. I've posted a picture of the completed circuit and a video of the unit. thanks for the help.

John

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--jTj52W2ko

capeclam · February 5, 2013, 5:51pm

thanks for the

thanks for the suggestions… I’ll take a look and see if I can find anything suspicious.

capeclam · February 5, 2013, 7:40pm

Well… after doing some

Well… after doing some inspection I found a broken wire in one of the jacks. Reattached it

and … lo and behold, thing works like a charm. The sound quality is actually pretty good, very surprised.

But thank you all for the help :-)