Why is my Audio Research SP6-b noisy?


I have an Audio Research SP6b pre-amp and it is very noisy-has a very loud hiss.I do have it hooked to a very large
pair of altec lansing VOT horn loaded speakers.I have used
4-5 amps and it stills has the hiss.Is this normal?
I know the horns amplify the hiss because when I hooked it
up to my klipsch speakers it was not as noticable.
Any suggestions.I just replaced the tubes.It does it with
the new tubes and old tubes.Go figure.
Anyone else have this problem?
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Showing 1 response by jvia

Sdcampbell I think hit it on the head for you though, have the bias checked, you did not mention which amps. or how long you have been using the VOT's, as it may be a differnce that you have noticed more when switching to these from another speaker. Also, is this with or without a source, which source, is it obvious with a source?