I don't have another available tube and I tried rocking and re-seating the tube while listening at a low volume as well as poking the components. Unfortunately the unit just seems to be noisy. I bought it off of Amazon, so returning should be easy. I'll order another one when I get the refund...

  Thank you for the response! I am experiencing a mix of hisses and crackles. Finding a different locale to use the unit in did not appear to help. Music quality is fine and at my listening volume it drowns out this hissing and crackling. However if a song has a quieter part it becomes rather...

Hello,   I just received a Bravo V3 today. I have read this thread in its entirety and noted the most common mods, like the IRL510s. I had a question that is specifically noise-related. Are there any mods that I can do to reduce noise? My V3 has a lot of it, even when I have removed mobile...

Hi everybody. I just received a Bravo V3 today, with the EH6992. It is a nice little amplifier and feels more like a project than a final product, which is cool for a student like me. The one thing that is letting me down though is that I am experiencing a lot of noise through the output. This...