Hum from Jolida SJ-202a normal?


Hi. I recently purchased a Jolida SJ-202a used here from another A-goner and it sounds great. But, it has a pretty audible hum coming from the chassis, not through the speakers. Is this normal? It is pretty loud-the tubes are fresh, less than 200 hours. Any ideas about this?

chiho

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Funny that you should say this - I bought a used 502A also from an Audiogon member BUT I have hum from the speakers (& not the chassis)! I wonder if this is normal??!!

Brad Day,
He's got hum from the chassis & not the speakers!

Might suggest tightening all the screws related to the 3 xformers. Transformers DO hum when electric current & hence a magnetic field is created within them. This is normal. However, if the xformer is correctly designed, the hum is of negligble volume.