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| My Cary amp - the story of a hum and a bug I owned that same amp. I had the same problem as youWhat a pity! | |
| My Cary amp - the story of a hum and a bug Why didn’t you take up Cary’s offer to send you a harness at their cost if you pay shipping? Because as soon as I softened my stand and agreed to their proposal they completely denied that there was any inherent problem with the amp, alleged possi... | |
| My Cary amp - the story of a hum and a bug Thanks for the responses.I realize now that there are others like me who have not had too great an experience with Cary Audio. Some of you have had to deal with worse situations as compared to my hum issue. I realize that the dealer too is to be h... | |
| My Cary amp - the story of a hum and a bug the hum was tolerable, but I felt unacceptable for an amp otherwise of this level of overall quality and associated costI thought so too. I also agree that the amp sounds good. I'm just very surprised on 2 counts.Why isn't a company of Cary's stat... | |
| My Cary amp - the story of a hum and a bug To put things in perspective, let me elaborate on Cary Audio's response and position:When first contacted about the issue, Cary Audio responded with requests for pictures of the inside of the amp. After reviewing these, their initial advice was to... | |
| My Cary amp - the story of a hum and a bug Thanks everyone.Before starting this thread, I had tried all the permutations and combinations to isolate the problem - powering up the amp without any other components connected, installing the amp in a different room, friend's house, dealer's li... | |
| My Cary amp - the story of a hum and a bug @georgehifi Trust me, I've tried everything. It needs a fix and Cary Audio know about it.@stfoth Very very interesting indeed. You have been patient. In my unit too, the hum is mild and not audible when music plays. It's just annoying to know that... | |
| My Cary amp - the story of a hum and a bug if you have an amp with a powerful toroidal transformer attached to high sensitivity speakers, you can hear a very soft hum coming from the woofer and can only be heard with your ear very close to the speaker.Thanks jea48 and thecarpathian! The hu... | |
| My Cary amp - the story of a hum and a bug Thank you all for responding. I would like to repeat there is no hum physically coming from the amp. It is coming through the speakers because of the amp. Please don't ask me to switch power source, preamps, etc. I've tried all this, even moved th... | |
| My Cary amp - the story of a hum and a bug Just to be clear, it is just the speakers and not the amp transformer humming. The source of the hum is the amp. The sound comes through the speakers. It is a very low volume. | |
| My Cary amp - the story of a hum and a bug Sounds more like a ground loop issue. No, it's most likely a DC offset issue. Like this:https://sound-au.com/articles/xfmr-dc.htm | |
| My Cary amp - the story of a hum and a bug Was the amp itself humming?No, only through the speakers at constant volume.i'd see if you can find a person with the updated amp and see if they are willing to take internal pictures, that may be an option abet not an ideal one. Thanks Glen, that... |