Any Allnic users out there? Hum problem.


I brought this up previously but was not very specific.

I bought an H3000 phono stage which I liked very much and was perfectly silent. I then bought an HA Head Amp which had a slight hum. Shortly after I got it one of the transistors blew(I believe,) it went dead and I had to return it to Korea for repair.

Since I've gotten it back the hum is worse. When I play a record the sound covers the hum but when it stops the hum can be heard and felt from the speakers where I am sitting about 8 feet away. I asked the maker about this and he told me he sent it back to me in perfect condition so that's a dead end.

Is a hum to be expected? Do you live with it? Is it a grounding problem? I asked the maker about this as well and he did not respond to the query.

I would greatly appreciate any advice from Allnic users and especially those with the HA3000. Do you get a hum? Is it noticeable when an lp isn't playing? Any grounding suggestions?

My amp is a VTL S200 with an Ayre pre K5 xe mp.

VTL super scoutmaster with 3D tonearm.

Conditioner is an Isotek Sigma.

As I said everything is perfectly quiet until I turn on the HA.

I want to fix this because I like the Allnic sound enormously and don't want to be without the HA. It really is wonderful.

Thanks for any thoughts you may have on my situation.

vindanpar

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Yes it's just the head amp. Mr Park is a talented man and I think his work is excellent I just wish I could get the hum to be not so distracting when the music stops. I wonder if this is a characteristic of the component? I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong.

I bought the silent as a mouse H3000 through David Beetles and got excellent service from him.




Well I communicated with someone who has the HA. He told me the hum issue for him existed as well which he found so distracting he no longer uses it.

This is disheartening news indeed.

Thank you.

I was talking to another individual and he said he had no hum issue as well.

How do you like the HA added to the H?