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Advice on RFI with a new integrated amp
Hi Al, Exactly -- high frequency hiss, but with a beat. Since it clearly is not the amp or the interconnects, I will try swapping out the stock power cords. Thanks again for all of your help!! 
Advice on RFI with a new integrated amp
Well gentlemen, Looks like the devil is still hanging around. I am trying out a new amp and new speaker cables (nait 5i and naca) and am still getting some RFI (can only hear it when 6 inches or so from the speaker). Is this normal? Could it be fr... 
Peachtree Nova with Quad 21l2 speakers
Thanks Chazz...We listen at low volumes, but I want good bass and detail too. Room is around 12 by 20, open to a small dining room. One thing I am hoping for is an amp (and speakerchange at some point if necessary) that provides good details and s... 
Ideas for separates around $1500???
Forgive me -- "fully balanced and/or with low input senstivity" is somewhat greek to me. What does that mean? What kind of equipment should I be considering? 
Advice on RFI with a new integrated amp
Thanks Al and Jim -- It was a bit of a wild goose chase, but glad to have figured it out in the end. I probably should I have tried swapping speaker cables in the first place, but I didn't have any to try so I looked for other possible causes -- o... 
Ideas for separates around $1500???
Thanks -- I solved the RFI, btw -- it was the solid core DMN cables -- bizarre. Still selling it though, I miss the tubes. 
Advice on RFI with a new integrated amp
Solved it!!!!!!!!!! It was the solid core cables!!!! I tried some stranded radio shack cable and cheap banana plugs and no more radio coming into the amp. PHEW!! Of course, still going to sell it -- I miss my tubes, but glad to know I am not crazy... 
Ideas for separates around $1500???
Thanks -- any other seperate combos I should think about? 
Advice on RFI with a new integrated amp
Thanks -- to be honest, I am ready to sell it and move on. Not to mention, I really miss the warmth of my old tube amp, so I am going to try and find something that gets me closer to that. 
Ideas for separates around $1500???
Hi Cmalak, Maybe it isn't, but I just got fed up with tinkering. Plus, and maybe this is the bigger issue really, I missed the sound of my tube amp. Thus I don't have the incentive to keep swapping things in and out if I'm not 100% happy with the ... 
Advice on RFI with a new integrated amp
I have some zipwire from best buy, but it is unterminated. The exposure only works with bananas. Is there any way to test it with the unterminated wire?thanks -- Marty 
Advice on RFI with a new integrated amp
yes it is. 
Ideas for separates around $1500???
Thanks for the ideas. Out of curiosity though, aren't some amps better/worse than others for dealing with RFI, independent of how good they are as an amplifier? It is a great stereophile class A amp, but for whatever reason, it is just picking up ... 
Advice on RFI with a new integrated amp
HI Al, Couldn't the rca inputs act as an antenna? Or could it be the speaker wire? 
Advice on RFI with a new integrated amp
Hi Al and Jim, Not sure how far away they are, maybe 1 mile? The signal is FM. Besides the amp, the only thing that changed is the speaker cable (from wireworld biwire to DMN single run). Interconnects and speaker cables are the same. Figured the ...