What are you getting?
The Audient EVO 4
What are you getting?
if it's inaudible - it's inaudible. That is how it was described in the OP. And in the thread title.TLDR for the most part just curious why would you want to ignore hum or not consider it an audible issue?
Just to give you some perspective, I have the best phono stage measured on this forum and the mains hum is JUST below hearing thresholds.if it's inaudible - it's inaudible. That is how it was described in the OP. And in the thread title.
Yeah still trying to wrap my head around the concept of an inaudible hum....if it's inaudible - it's inaudible. That is how it was described in the OP. And in the thread title.
Take it easy, our ears and hearing are what it is. Make the best of the situation instead.Yeah still trying to wrap my head around the concept of an inaudible hum....
ground loops r a pain.Have you physically moved components near the phono stage or moved the phono stage to see if this changes the level of hum? Another trick is to take a metal plate which you ground and place on different sides to see if it blocks or diminishes the hum in the vicinity of the phono stage itself. For instance this could be a piece of aluminum foil taped to cardboard and connected by jumper clips to ground.
This discussion is surreal! Do you people ever listen to music or are you just too busy listening to (or feeling) inaudible hums ? Get your finger off your woofer and enjoy the sounds
Distortion is not all equal. In this specific scenario, from what I have read, the sound being listened to is masking the distortion.Distortion is distortion
It masks details.
That causes you to miss out on some of the sound when you listen.
It's only since I got on ASR that I own an audio system with low measured distortion, at least from 100hz on up. "Audiophiles" listen [often] for "subtle details"---often low-level noises that shouldn't have made their way to the commercial master. But the difference I'm noticing isn't noises popping in the mix, but the ease I can hear countermelodies, that is to say low-level musical detail, is improved. Less of the masking effect as regards music.Distortion is distortion
It masks details.
That causes you to miss out on some of the sound when you listen.
Distortion is not all equal. In this specific scenario, from what I have read, the sound being listened to is masking the distortion.
Normally, you might call this OCD. However, the audiophiles version of this disorder is called "audio nervosa". Once deeply immersed in "audio nervosa" it becomes increasingly difficult to ignore things.TITLE of POST >> Inaudible Hum - Ignore or Not?
#1. Obviously "audible"
#2. The answer, then and always, is a big fat NO!
I think all replies should be deleted and then replaced with that 2 letter word...
Have you fixed it? Interested to learn how.Or just fix it so it goes away.