static electricity can contain a very powerful charge. several years ago, i lazily shuffled my leather-clad feet across the wool chinese rug that rests between my speakers and listening couch to adjust some control on my JRDG pre that i couldn't access through the remote. without touching the pre, a spark shot from my pointin' finger to the chassis, blowing an entire board. sheepishly, i drove my consummate line stage down to colorado springs; jeff, ever the consummate gentleman, had his tech guy repair my stupidly damaged pre without charge, while i went upstairs to play with the first generation rockport that jeff had in his system. it was a great ending to a terrifying day. but now i run a very large humidifier (our relative humidity levels in denver are often below 10%) and ALWAYS touch another bit of ferrous metal before touchin' any piece in my rig. -cfb
Anyone have this happen to them?
I always leave my components on. I have noticed that quite a bit of static electricity exists in my listening room/living room. I went to my preamp and switched from the CD input to the tuner input. The volume was set at a very low level. I was wearing my socks which does not help the static electricity situation. A horrible loud sound came out of my speakers. It sounded like bad radio frequency. I immediately turned the volume down to zero. I then switched to the CD input and checked to see if any damage had occured to the system (None, Thank God).
Both the CD and the Tuner input are balanced inputs and I have shielded balanced interconnects for both components. I have a seperate power circuit that has a Monster Cable HTS 2000 plugged into it. The tuner has a simple non powered Magnum Dynalab ribbon antenna plugged into it.
Any ideas of what happened? I have been listening to the system with no issues since this occured a few hours ago. Any ideas on how to lessen the chance of this occuring again? I would appreciate any feedback.
Thank you,
Drew
Both the CD and the Tuner input are balanced inputs and I have shielded balanced interconnects for both components. I have a seperate power circuit that has a Monster Cable HTS 2000 plugged into it. The tuner has a simple non powered Magnum Dynalab ribbon antenna plugged into it.
Any ideas of what happened? I have been listening to the system with no issues since this occured a few hours ago. Any ideas on how to lessen the chance of this occuring again? I would appreciate any feedback.
Thank you,
Drew
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