quantx
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I had a curious experience with V4 High Amp. (www.high-amp.de)
Bought it new from Andreas Rauenbuhler.
When receiving it, I connected it normally to my preamp, connected my Stax SR507 brand new (bought a month ago from Stax dealer in Germany), turned it on : a loud hum in right channel.
I mailed to Rauenbuhler, he told me to open amp and disconnect ground cable (possible ground loop). I did.
No change.
Now I made a strange experiment. I unplugged the amp from the preamp, plugged it to the mains in another room, still the hum. Then I unplugged totally the Stax from the amp and kept the headphones on my ears (headphones not plugged to the amp) and I touched the amp’s front : the buzzing sound became a deep humming, audible in the headphones ! My body was conducting current from the amp.
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Result :
- humming was even deeper when knob volume to zero, and louder in R channel
- when turning knob volume to 40 %, humming becomes a buzz again, this time equal in strength in L and R channel
I returned the amp to Rauenbuhler and he said : with me, it works perfectly.
What's that Gremlin ?
PS : My system counts 7 units, and I never encountered any problem of the sort. Andreas is very experienced and got fave reviews for his units, so what gives ?
Bought it new from Andreas Rauenbuhler.
When receiving it, I connected it normally to my preamp, connected my Stax SR507 brand new (bought a month ago from Stax dealer in Germany), turned it on : a loud hum in right channel.
I mailed to Rauenbuhler, he told me to open amp and disconnect ground cable (possible ground loop). I did.
No change.
Now I made a strange experiment. I unplugged the amp from the preamp, plugged it to the mains in another room, still the hum. Then I unplugged totally the Stax from the amp and kept the headphones on my ears (headphones not plugged to the amp) and I touched the amp’s front : the buzzing sound became a deep humming, audible in the headphones ! My body was conducting current from the amp.
Result :
- humming was even deeper when knob volume to zero, and louder in R channel
- when turning knob volume to 40 %, humming becomes a buzz again, this time equal in strength in L and R channel
I returned the amp to Rauenbuhler and he said : with me, it works perfectly.
What's that Gremlin ?
PS : My system counts 7 units, and I never encountered any problem of the sort. Andreas is very experienced and got fave reviews for his units, so what gives ?
