I think we determined early on, that simply means you're not an audiophile.What hum?
Equipment on with no music playing, amplifier up to full volume and ear to the speakers - Nothing at all to be heard…
I think we determined early on, that simply means you're not an audiophile.What hum?
Equipment on with no music playing, amplifier up to full volume and ear to the speakers - Nothing at all to be heard…
Did we? I must have missed that.I think we determined early on, that simply means you're not an audiophile.
It was between the linesDid we? I must have missed that.
It looks as if we both use the same cable management system!Hum. Haha. What Hum. beleive it or not all dead silent. Granted running all this crap thru 2 20 amp dedicated 4 plex’s and all balanced. Still a ton of crap plugged in. Any hum or hiss would send me over the edge. Friends are amazed how good it sounds, even more so when I open the door showing the ass end of my gear in the converted fireplace that now holds all my junk. I’m definitely not OCD
You have greatly randomized Any coupling between cables. Good job!Hum. Haha. What Hum. beleive it or not all dead silent. Granted running all this crap thru 2 20 amp dedicated 4 plex’s and all balanced. Still a ton of crap plugged in. Any hum or hiss would send me over the edge. Friends are amazed how good it sounds, even more so when I open the door showing the ass end of my gear in the converted fireplace that now holds all my junk. I’m definitely not OCD
I have solar power and the Tesla Powerwall II and No Hum. As others have pointed out house wiring is the likely causeSolar power systems contain switching inverters to do DC to AC conversion. These are not audiophile grade devices. I see a business opportunity here..
Nope. I run multichannel over many components with some line cable runs >10meters and, as SIY says, I can put my ears to my speakers at full gain a hear nothing (without signal, of course).I'd like to bring to all the audiophiles attention this problem. No matter how expensive and carefully set up your system is, you know the hum is always there given enough volume and no source active.
Thank you. I’d rather be lucky than good. Lucky is more fun! system does not have any discernible noise, that’s with 7 amps capable of pushing well over 3000 watts. I bet I don’t use 30 of those watts hehe. If nothing is playing I can’t tell if the amps are on or off. Maybe the rare instance were 64 years old ears comes in handy. Thanks to ASR very happy in my audio journey. This site has slayed a bunch of my audio doubts and all of the gracious and smart contributors here have been immensely helpful. Thank you all.You have greatly randomized Any coupling between cables. Good job!
Some people do not Connect pin-1If you see something with the scope, you will see much more in the spectrum with properly connected audio analyzer. If you connect the regular class I scope to the amplifier output, your measurement is invalid as you create a ground loop path to the mains via scope ground.
Balanced is still more expensive than RCA using the same quality and cost of material. How people price their product is another thing. Also the best hifi system I like never need me to use balance.Yes, the lowly RCA was designed as an interconnect for low-cost domestic add-ons. Seeing people use single-ended connections for expensive systems makes me cringe.
He may be onto something here, with EU currently mandating APFC for electronic power supplies, and resistive load generally not caring about AC or DC to begin with, transferring the last mile in DC will save using lots of diodes and capacitors. If the customer wants any step down or up he will have to do it himself with an offline switcher, which is already the case now.What hum??
Best regards
Team unbalanced
Oh, but I just have to quote this masterpiece:
"Let's rebel and force electiricity companies or electronics companies or whoever is causing this to stop it."
-It's brilliant, thank you OP.
I read it as a joke. If they were to "stop the hum" society would collapse in minutes so please don't rebel to hard!
Sincerely, a pro-hum consumer.
Oh, but I just have to quote this masterpiece:
"Let's rebel and force electiricity companies or electronics companies or whoever is causing this to stop it."
-It's brilliant, thank you OP.