[thecrow]

Sounds very neutral to me. Bass is too polite and the highs are a bit edgy so hopefully will ease out with use.

People have said similar things about the susvaras. However in having both the niimbus us4 and susvaras i have not experienced that.

ymmv

 

[drummerdimitri]

Does anyone know what Nichicon grade of capacitors are used for AC power filtering? Doesn't look like any of the "Gold" series caps I've ever seen but I could be wrong.

 

[Zhang Enyuan]

very nice combination

 

[acguitar84]

Has anyone here had any noise issues with the US5 pro? When I turn the Volume pot - I get crackling sounds. Happens both with music on or off. If anyone here has played guitar - it's sort of like a dirty guitar pot. I did some checking around - and was told to loosen the pot - and pull it away from the faceplate a smidgen, tried that with no luck. Heck I took the knob off completely and turned the pot with my fingers and still heard the crackling sound.

I'm in touch with the dealer I bought it from - and we're working through it, so far it's looking like I'll have to send it in for warranty repair. I assume that pot should be super quiet when I turn it.

The unit still sounds great otherwise, as long as I don't adjust the volume.

 

[vonBaron]

It's normal thing, you must accept it... Or not.

 

[J Mirra]

Mine gets noisy after a while because I only use the remote.
I turn the pot by hand up and down fast for about 5 seconds and it clears it for a time.

 

[thecrow]

I have the 4. Not the pro. No remote involved.

i have no noise or issue when manually turning the pot

 

[vonBaron]

Becouse only Pro version have noise...

 

[Kridzu]

Has anyone here had any noise issues with the US5 pro? When I turn the Volume pot - I get crackling sounds. Happens both with music on or off. If anyone here has played guitar - it's sort of like a dirty guitar pot. I did some checking around - and was told to loosen the pot - and pull it away from the faceplate a smidgen, tried that with no luck. Heck I took the knob off completely and turned the pot with my fingers and still heard the crackling sound.

I'm in touch with the dealer I bought it from - and we're working through it, so far it's looking like I'll have to send it in for warranty repair. I assume that pot should be super quiet when I turn it.

The unit still sounds great otherwise, as long as I don't adjust the volume.

Yes and this is not a issue... Every US 5 PRO works this way. This is how the volume control in PRO is designed. (resistor ladder)
(256 steps by a reed replay attenuator)

For "silence" you have the normal US 5, which has an classic ALPS RK27 potentiometer

 

[Fegefeuer]

Yep, totally normal. Volume controls matter for sound. Rather have good sound and "suffer" noise when adjusting volume than not reap most benefits of the amp's design.

 

[thecrow]

But is a “crackling sound”, as described by @acguitar84 , what you other guys here or is it more of a click than a crackle for you guys?

 

[vonBaron]

It's same thing...

 

[thecrow]

@acguitar84 ?

 

[GREGGO1545]

Yes mine has that sound when turning the volume but I don't really notice it and I don't change volume that often anyway. The sound is sublime and I love the design of the knob.

 

[vonBaron]

Niimbus look is just stellar!