Povell42
100+ Head-Fier
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Nice!
Power cleaner = power conditioner?
Please post a photo as I'd like to be prepared for any unwanted noise.
This is the one I am using at my home desk. I actually brought the a-100 to work to use it for the day. At work is where I noticed the hum. I had it plugged into a crappy power strip which gave a noticeable hum, and then i tried plugging directly into the wall at work and the hum went down in volume significantly, but is still there.
I will bring it home tomorrow and plug it back into my panamax power cleaner to see if there is any audible hum in absolute silence. I am sure most power cleaners will work just fine... no need to get the expensive one I have. This will also depend on the ohm of your headphone. The LCD3 is 110 ohm. The higher the ohm of the headphone should equate to less background noise on this beast of a headamp.
Edit: The hum is increased wiith the DAC plugged into dirty power too. Last night I listened to it at home for a little bit, and it does have hiss/hum with you turn the volume up all the way with nothing playing. (*this is for the headphone out... I have not tested it on speakers yet, but don't think it will be audible with speakers.)
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