The left channel of a stereo amp system in an old analoge synth exhibits hiss. The strange thing is the hiss is not present when the volume fader is all the way up [0 attenuation]. As you pull the fader down @ about a 10 of the way down the hiss appears and continues to increase until it's at it's loudest around 3 tenths of the way down. As you continue fading the hiss fades off eventually to nothing. Some of the details of the circuit are as follows. Output of preamp from a MC1439G op amp to the fader, through a resistor and a .1 coupling cap into the amp driver, another MC1439G. Out of the driver to 2 power transistors in what appears to be a push pull configuration. The output of the transistor set go to the speaker, but also to a paralleled resistor, capacitor combo, back into the input of the driver Op Amp. Feedback I suppose. I've replaced the amp driver op amp, coupling cap and the feedback cap. One curious thing is there appears to be 275mv DC at the out of the misbehaving preamp Op Amp. .07mv DC on the good side.
I would appreciate any help.
I would appreciate any help.