From: unclemonhatespam@gmail.com   
      
   LG Gray wrote:   
   > I have a standard type 27" Sony TV, about nine years old. The sound quality   
   > has been poor for about a year now. Some channels especially sound kind of   
   > muffled, and the volume varies up and down by itself. Seems very strange!   
   > Someone told me that there is a component in the TV that can go wrong and it   
   > governs the sound signal somehow. Is that the case?   
   > Can anyone confirm that for me, before I take it in to the shop and maybe get   
   > a song and dance? I would like to have an idea if it is fixable before I   
   > leave it in the hands of a repair shop.   
   >   
      
   The last Sony TV I repaired with a sound problem   
   turned out to have a bad electrolytic capacitor in   
   the audio section. As you may know, electrolytic   
   caps can leak and dry out. Another common problem   
   I find in electronic equipment is cold solder joints.   
   A cold solder joint may not cause a problem until   
   years after the product is manufactured.   
      
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