darkclouds
Particular about his Sméagol Grammar we thinks he is.
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I've been having problems with my AES AE-3 preamp regarding hum.
With a MP HTS-3500, I didn't think I'd have a problem with getting some decent juice and protection for my equipment.
I had aquired an AE-3 several weeks ago and couldn't figure out why it was making all this noise. Headphone listening was just unbearable. I've tried several different suggestions which included moving my equipment around, changing tubes (RCA redbase 5692), and using the "cheater" plug for ground loop problems. None of it help. Someone suggested that I should plug the pre into a different outlet than the rest of the system, meaning to unplug it from the HTS3500. For whatever reason, I was completely confident that it was better to leave it plugged into the 3500... until several minutes ago.
Guess what? No more hum. Absolute silence without the 3500. Prior to the AE-3 (was using SHA-1 as a pre), I had thought my system sounded better, clearer and cleaner with the 3500 (compared to the generic/triplite powerstrip).
So, what gives? Wasn't the Monster Power series made to deal with this kind of AC power problems?
With a MP HTS-3500, I didn't think I'd have a problem with getting some decent juice and protection for my equipment.
I had aquired an AE-3 several weeks ago and couldn't figure out why it was making all this noise. Headphone listening was just unbearable. I've tried several different suggestions which included moving my equipment around, changing tubes (RCA redbase 5692), and using the "cheater" plug for ground loop problems. None of it help. Someone suggested that I should plug the pre into a different outlet than the rest of the system, meaning to unplug it from the HTS3500. For whatever reason, I was completely confident that it was better to leave it plugged into the 3500... until several minutes ago.
Guess what? No more hum. Absolute silence without the 3500. Prior to the AE-3 (was using SHA-1 as a pre), I had thought my system sounded better, clearer and cleaner with the 3500 (compared to the generic/triplite powerstrip).
So, what gives? Wasn't the Monster Power series made to deal with this kind of AC power problems?