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| Preamp or Not Thanks both for your comments. A long time ago I had a similar problem with My B&W 803N. I asked my dealer and he said make sure nothing is connected to TV or Cable. I disconnected my CD/DVD from TV and that fixed the problem. The hiss is iden... | |
| Preamp or Not Newbee, Thanks for the detailed response. I Understood your response to the last thread and that's how I isolated the problem to the preamp. The noise is a high frequency distortion (hiss) only heard in the mid-range and the tweeter at high volume... | |
| Preamp or Not Thank you for great comments.Mihalis, As far as changing amps and preapms, I have done all that with no positive results. My interconnect runs are less than a foot so the length can't be an issue. Nither of my preamps have external gain control.Bo... | |
| Preamp or Not Thank you Newbee, 4est and all others with comments. I guess if preamp was not necessary for sound quality, everyone would use a CDP with volume control. I have a couple of decent preamps but both introduce distortion when connected to the amps. I... | |
| Preamp or Not Thank you for your suggestions. The major reason I'd like to use XLR connection is distortion. I hear a high frequency noise (distortion) from the mid-range and tweeters of the speakers. When I disconnect the RCA from preamp the noise disapears. I... | |
| Humming and static noise, Plinius SA 100 MkIII Update 11/24/2010:Gande is correct, thank you. When I removed the I.C.'s there were no noise. So I replaced them with a pair of very good pure gold interconnects and the noise was considrably less. However, at very high volume without a source inp... | |
| Dimmer switch on the same electrical line I have a RFI problem which causes distortion in my system. After trying everything to find the source of the distortion, I was told by a member to try using a circuit with no dimmer switch. So I did with no difference in the distortion levels. At ... | |
| Humming and static noise, Plinius SA 100 MkIII I am using unbalanced S.E. RCA. My preamp does not support XLR outputs. I don't want to buy a new preamp, cables, etc and still have the same problem. unless someone has done this and got rid of the distortion. Again, I am not concerned with the h... | |
| Humming and static noise, Plinius SA 100 MkIII I appreciate everyone's input. I could accept the noise is from the amps and move on, but I have tried 2 different brand amps and they all produce the same noise at different levels, so something in my system such as power source, is introducing t... | |
| Humming and static noise, Plinius SA 100 MkIII Update: I did everything evrybody suggested and still have the noise even with some tubed amps with volume control which don't need a preamp. I changed power cords and interconnects as well with no luck. Also disconnected the cable TV, etc. The tu... | |
| Humming and static noise, Plinius SA 100 MkIII OK. It appears the amps have some noise (barely audible). The preamp, when turned on, picks up the noise and amplifies it even with the volume at zero. The higher the volume the higher the hissing noise. CD player has no effect on the noise. Thanks | |
| Humming and static noise, Plinius SA 100 MkIII I tried everything I could and it appears the noise is from amp or some signal it picks up. The noise is there even when the CD player and the preamp are off. I also tried stereo mode rather than mono with no luck. I even tried without biwiering a... | |
| Humming and static noise, Plinius SA 100 MkIII Thank you all for excellent advice although some of it just went over my head. I did one more experiment and changed amp on one side. A VAC tubed amp. The hissing noise was still there at high volumes without any input from source. So somewher, I ... | |
| Humming and static noise, Plinius SA 100 MkIII Thank you for your input. I'll try some of the suggestions including using one amp as stereo and post the results. Thanks again. |