Schitt freya preamp hum- how do I get rid of this?


When I use the tube output mode it hums. It goes away  in solid state Mode.  Does this mean I have to replace the tubes or is it just because it's a cheap preamp?

jumia

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Dont take this wrong way guys, but none of us are any better than the best we have heard or have seen. So if you compare a Schiit Freya against a better sounding unit and design, you are not nearly as impressed. I stopped looking for giant killer products years ago but they simply dont exist. I also learned long ago that I am simply not capable of differentiating a poorly made from a well made product and then applying this build quality to sonic performance.

Noise problems are common on this preamp. In fact I refuse to retube them as my experience has been terrible with with this brand. In fact the only returns I got for over 2 years (with probably over 250 6SN7 pairs sold for other components during this time) both came from this preamp. A hum from a bad tube is kind of unusual in my experience and some of the noise problems I have had reported were unusual and not typical of N/M. To make matters worse, tubes often get noisy quickly. I hope you have good luck and fix the problem, but I felt I should share my experience as a tube seller. I wouldnt waste my time and if the next set of tubes doesnt fix this problem I would demand a new unit.

 

Well I cant say that there were no others failures just not immediate requests for returns for noise problems. After this rather unusual event I did a search to see if this seemed to be a trend and other customers had reported the same problems. Dont get me wrong I think these products represent a good value, but the types of noises being reported were unusual. In fact I kept track of the Schiit specific tubes, tested them again for noise/microphonics sold them and had no problems.