rhizome
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there was a pretty intense storm here last night. hail almost as big as your fist. one of my roommates nearly got struck by lightning. yea, it was fun
i wasn't at home, but i didn't think twice, as everything was plugged into a surge protector. famous last words...
i got home a few hours later, sat down at the computer, put on my sr225s, and... WTH?? it sounds like a little piece of the storm got stuck in my headphones. there is a constant crackling, especially on bass notes. a layer of static seems to hang over everything. uuuuggghh. tested the phones straight out of the computer, no noise. tried a different amp with the same ic's, no static. switched back to the perreaux and tried a different power cable, static remains. sigh...
i popped open the case, and nothing is visibly damaged. the odd thing is, if i leave the amp off for a while, when i first fire it up again, it's fine. however, after a minute or so, the noise returns, little by little. this leads me to believe it's power-related, but i really have no idea how these things work. fwiw, nothing else that was plugged into the surge protector was affected. i can't think of anything else that could have gone wrong though. can anyone make a better diagnosis?
i got home a few hours later, sat down at the computer, put on my sr225s, and... WTH?? it sounds like a little piece of the storm got stuck in my headphones. there is a constant crackling, especially on bass notes. a layer of static seems to hang over everything. uuuuggghh. tested the phones straight out of the computer, no noise. tried a different amp with the same ic's, no static. switched back to the perreaux and tried a different power cable, static remains. sigh...
i popped open the case, and nothing is visibly damaged. the odd thing is, if i leave the amp off for a while, when i first fire it up again, it's fine. however, after a minute or so, the noise returns, little by little. this leads me to believe it's power-related, but i really have no idea how these things work. fwiw, nothing else that was plugged into the surge protector was affected. i can't think of anything else that could have gone wrong though. can anyone make a better diagnosis?