Matt
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Hi.
I am seeing here and online a lot of complaints about OBH-8 hum, but little solutions. I am hoping someone can help me out on this.
Here is my vinyl rig (all fed by a Monster PowerBar HTS-1100):
Music Hall MMF-5 TT > Creek OBH-8 > Stax SRM-313 > Stax SR-303's
There is a hum and a buzz that occurs when I turn these on, seemingly originating from the OBH-8. The hum part is lower and bassier and smoother (more sine wave-ish) where the buzz is midrange-pitched with a sort of triangle wave, more nasally sort of sound. The buzz (not the hum) goes away nearly completely when I do any of the following:
o touch the volume knob/faceplate/grounding screw of the Stax headamp
o touch the right screw (not the left one) that is holding the MMF-5's tonearm assembly down
o touch the grounding screw of the Creek, or touch it's back panel in general
Can anyone point me in the right direction? If I can at least get rid of this most-audible-at-lower-levels nasally buzz part of the noise, I'd be a happy camper.
Thanks a lot.
Regards,
Matt
I am seeing here and online a lot of complaints about OBH-8 hum, but little solutions. I am hoping someone can help me out on this.
Here is my vinyl rig (all fed by a Monster PowerBar HTS-1100):
Music Hall MMF-5 TT > Creek OBH-8 > Stax SRM-313 > Stax SR-303's
There is a hum and a buzz that occurs when I turn these on, seemingly originating from the OBH-8. The hum part is lower and bassier and smoother (more sine wave-ish) where the buzz is midrange-pitched with a sort of triangle wave, more nasally sort of sound. The buzz (not the hum) goes away nearly completely when I do any of the following:
o touch the volume knob/faceplate/grounding screw of the Stax headamp
o touch the right screw (not the left one) that is holding the MMF-5's tonearm assembly down
o touch the grounding screw of the Creek, or touch it's back panel in general
Can anyone point me in the right direction? If I can at least get rid of this most-audible-at-lower-levels nasally buzz part of the noise, I'd be a happy camper.
Thanks a lot.
Regards,
Matt
