Clicking noise from my amp?

Auraomega

Auraomega

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I recently was given a pair of Sony SS-E30 speakers and an amp, however the amp has started making a really fast and rather noisy clicking sound when turned on that has been lasting progressively longer. The sound is definitely from the amp and not the speakers and only happens when powered on, it sounds like high voltage shocks however I've had the case off and this doesn't appear to be the case. Usually if left long enough it stops although I've just tried to turn it on and after about 5 minutes there has been no change...

So, my question is what is the cause and is it fixable? I'm comfortable with a soldering iron so if it's a simple component swap that's great, if it's something more complicated can someone recommend an amp for these speakers? I'm not looking for anything expensive as I've spent a lot on headphones, sound cards and music players lately.

To be fair I don't really know much about speakers as these are my first 'real' speakers, but from what I can find they're rated at 50w and are 8ohm, if I need a new amp I'd like one that'd cover me for future purchases, so surround sound support would be great ;)
 
My bad, I meant 200mV not mA.

I was getting ~00.7 on the 200mV scale, but I'm half asleep and can't figure out what that was :o
 
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I just basically re-soldered most of the board (a lot of it looked discoloured) and while the relay still clicks a bit when powered on it's nothing compared to before and I'd go so far as to say the sound quality is much better now than it was a few weeks back. To be fair though I may treat myself to a new amp anyway, both the amp and speakers were given to me so spending a bit on them isn't a problem. Any suggestions? :p
 
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