Help with hiss


Hello Friends,

My speakers have developed an audible hiss that I am trying to chase down. The hiss can be heard from across the room and while music is being played. Sometimes, the hiss is pulsating and sometimes constant. It occurs at all hours, perhaps less so in the early morning. Sometimes there is no hiss at all and everything is silent. It is an intermittent issue that is unpredictable.

My speakers are powered by mono block amplifiers. Both speakers exhibit the exact same behavior. The monos are plugged directly into the wall outlet. I also plugged them into a PS Audio AV Power Center with no relief. I changed power cords with no relief. No other piece of gear is on, although all are plugged in and some are in standby. I turned one mono off of course stopping the hiss in that speaker. The other continued to hiss. In reverse, same result.

This is not a “hum” (like from a ground loop). It is the same hiss that you can hear with your ear next to the tweeter but much louder.

I’m happy to answer any questions at all to help me resolve this. Thank you in advance.

 

forestg

Showing 2 responses by perkri

Ghosts in the machine…

 

Such an annoying problem to have.

I read through above but could not tell if the problem persists with only a power cord being attached to the power amps, and the amps being connected to the speakers. From what I gathered, the RCA’s were disconnected at the preamp, but still connected to the amps?

Does the hiss stay constant, or does it increase in volume as you turn it up?

 

Here’s another thing to try. 
 

when amp in, connected to speakers with nothing else connected, try holing into the rca connectors and see if the noise subsides 

 

other thing to check, is the DC on the speaker outputs if you have a multi meter.