Faint buzz in speakers


There is a very faint buzz coming from speakers with amp on, but with no music stream playing. Can only be heard with ear right up to drivers. No buzz with amp off or muted. Decent amp & cabling. Is this faint buzz likely still there under music when it’s playing? Numerous noise reduction devices deployed including dedicated circuit, robust grounding, balanced power transformer, various filters. Thoughts?

jmfinney

I'll throw my guess into the ring: Filter cap on it's way out. Oh, and don't neatly coil excess cable carrying signal.

PS- Modern dimmers, including smart dimmers are not noisy the way the old one's were, mechanically or electrically.  You certainly can have remote controlled mood lighting in your listening room. 

I had a similar problem a few years ago.  In my case I had a subwoofer and I had to ground the sub plate amp to the preamp.  It cleaned it up

Some amplifiers are noisier than others, efficient speakers will bring this out. However, if you can't hear anything from the listening position I would leave it alone and enjoy your music. 

Since "Can only be heard with ear right up to drivers" it is not a "problem."

The solution to the "problem" is simple, don't put your ear up to the driver.