Power amp humming - help please


My Krell Kav-3250 power amp has a noticeable slight hum constantly when on - and different pre produces different amount. What could be the culprit?

Thanks in advance...
gongli3
Thanks so much lowrider!

I ordered it.

Later, please help me find the ground fault - I have no idea how to do that - excuse my ignorance on electronics...I just love music.
The cheater-plug will help troubleshoot the hum. If the hum stops when it’s plugged in then there’s a ground-loop.

To review, you disconnected all audio cables from the amp and you plugged the amp into different receptacles.
It’s possible they may be on the same circuit. Last thing to try, plug the amp into the refrigerator or air conditioner receptacle. They are possibly on dedicated lines, different circuits than your audio system.

Do you live in a house with your own service panel (circuit box)?




Lowrider, yes I live in a house with a service panel.

The hum is gone!!!!!!! Hooray...

I connected it to a different receptacle of my power conditioner, and swaped the pre-amp and the RCA cable, it's black quite background now - now I can enjoy my main system I put so much time / energy/ and money into it...

Thank you so much to all those who helped out here!

You guys are swell...