EDIT: **Amp is plugged into wall outlet using stock cable, as per manual - I switched to the high current isolated bank of the Panamax MAX5300PM, still noise, then used Blizzard AQ Power Cable, still noise, went back to wall and stock cable**
See pictures: What am I scientifically dealing with, and what are my options for placement or protection? Just installed new MC255 and B&W HTM71S3 to finish my 7 series 5 channel. When I turn the amp on, any speakers close to it pick up a lot of noise even when speaker cables are disconnected. I'm assuming the speakers are picking up (noise, magnetic interference, idk what is exactly happening..) from the Transformer. Is that normal with McIntosh and high powered amps, and should I consider replacing it to fix the problem? It seems the interference is omnidirectional from the amp. As you can see in second pic, I do not have many options for placement to keep it away from the LCR speakers. When I had it side to side next to the Center speaker in Pic 1, the noise was too loud to ignore.
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Then I moved the AVR/PRE onto that little table and pushed the Center far left all the way to the edge, and it helped, but still noisy. The right Tower even picks it up a bit. Are there materials which will protect the speakers from picking this up? Anything I can put between them? Center needs to be in center, and the amp cannot go on the bottom (cats). Even if it could, it still causes noise from underneath the speaker thru the MDF.
Amp is in Panamax MAX5300PM High Current Outlet with Audioquest Blizzard power cable, and Panamax has NRGZ3 power cable to wall if that makes a difference.
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