neilvg
Headphoneus Supremus
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Hi All,
So as some of you may know, I recently acquired a complete Orpheus Headphone System. When this system was setup at my parents place in Saratoga, there was absolutely a clean black background. I have a PSAudio P600 and a Shunyata Hydra-2. At my parents place, both of these devices and just the plain wall socket sounded great; low noise floor, no noise.
However, now let me scoot forward to San Francisco. This is my pad, my apartment. I set everything up last night, and I didn't notice anything. In fact it sounded pretty good, if even a tad bit 'rougher' than at my parents place. However, the issue now arises that I hear, in only the left earcup of the HE90 and only the right Earcup of the HE60, a sort of 'buzzling'. It sounds like the sound of interference, or electricity on sandpaper, or what have you. It is pretty quiet on the HE90, and a bit louder on the HE60. However, this completely interrupts with the Jet Black noise floor. In fact, it sounds 'messier' in general, and less tight.
I know the power leaves a lot to be desired in the city, so that is why I have these power related devices. However, regardless of what power combination I plug this system into, I still hear this noise. It varies as well, from completely going away, to being quite present (although it cannot be heard through the music, it doubtlessly colors the sound; I psychologically listen for it). I thought since the P600 regenerates power, that this issue, if it was in fact bad power, would solve this. I guess not.
Additional Info: When I used to have just my Baby-O system (HEV70), I always thought the issue was with the amp. I've never tried it in Saratoga, but after a day of being on, it would become unlistenable because it would start humming badly, along with a much exacerbated version of what I have just described, and only in, get this, the LEFT ear of the HE60. Strange indeed. I have sent this amp back to Sennheiser, but apparently they were not able to reproduce this issue (one which is patently obvious when it occurs, and it does regularly for me over here).
So my issue is, am I running the risk of ruining this setup? Is it the ingress or noise inherent in the power? What could it be? Has anyone else experienced anything along these lines?
Thanks Everyone,
Neil
So as some of you may know, I recently acquired a complete Orpheus Headphone System. When this system was setup at my parents place in Saratoga, there was absolutely a clean black background. I have a PSAudio P600 and a Shunyata Hydra-2. At my parents place, both of these devices and just the plain wall socket sounded great; low noise floor, no noise.
However, now let me scoot forward to San Francisco. This is my pad, my apartment. I set everything up last night, and I didn't notice anything. In fact it sounded pretty good, if even a tad bit 'rougher' than at my parents place. However, the issue now arises that I hear, in only the left earcup of the HE90 and only the right Earcup of the HE60, a sort of 'buzzling'. It sounds like the sound of interference, or electricity on sandpaper, or what have you. It is pretty quiet on the HE90, and a bit louder on the HE60. However, this completely interrupts with the Jet Black noise floor. In fact, it sounds 'messier' in general, and less tight.
I know the power leaves a lot to be desired in the city, so that is why I have these power related devices. However, regardless of what power combination I plug this system into, I still hear this noise. It varies as well, from completely going away, to being quite present (although it cannot be heard through the music, it doubtlessly colors the sound; I psychologically listen for it). I thought since the P600 regenerates power, that this issue, if it was in fact bad power, would solve this. I guess not.
Additional Info: When I used to have just my Baby-O system (HEV70), I always thought the issue was with the amp. I've never tried it in Saratoga, but after a day of being on, it would become unlistenable because it would start humming badly, along with a much exacerbated version of what I have just described, and only in, get this, the LEFT ear of the HE60. Strange indeed. I have sent this amp back to Sennheiser, but apparently they were not able to reproduce this issue (one which is patently obvious when it occurs, and it does regularly for me over here).
So my issue is, am I running the risk of ruining this setup? Is it the ingress or noise inherent in the power? What could it be? Has anyone else experienced anything along these lines?
Thanks Everyone,
Neil