Tanks guys for all the great advice! I’ll go ahead and try all of you suggestions! Tomorrow, I’ll be off to buy some alligator clips:) I’ll keep you posted. The buzz aside, I feel this is a combo with great potential, especially for a fan of a bright, fast and detailed presentation, like myself. If I get it right, I plan to settle with the ARCs for my Yamaha NS1000Ms:) Thanks again!
Strange buzz issue!
Hello audio friends! I’ve got a weird problem. I have an old ARC D-100B power amp (love the sound of it) and bought an ARC LS9 pre amp to match it with. Nice enough. Connected the LS9. Buzz/hum from both speakers. Consistent (clearly audible from listening position) at all volume levels/sources on the LS9. Crap, the LS9 must be faulty, I thought. For fun I connected the LS9 to two other power amps (Yamaha and Vincent). Dead silent. I then connected an old Yamaha pre amp to my D-100B. Silence. Same place, same cables. So, neither the LS9 nor the D-100B are faulty, but together they, or one of them, cause a pretty loud buzz. I’m going mad here! Any ideas? Thanks!