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I recently purchased an amp and in my music room the transformer hums enough that I can softly hear it from the listening position. This is a mechanical hum emitting from the amp, only. Nothing through the speakers.
I've had a similar issue in that room in the past when setting up a computer rig and the culprit ended up being a monitor. I put a cheater plug on it and the buzz that I did hear through the headphones disappeared.
Out of curiosity I moved the amp into a different room and had to double-check to see if I even had the amp turned on. It was dead silent.
Unfortunately, this is not my music room.
I was going to craft some sort of a box with acoustic treatment to reduce the sound. Then I got to thinking: Does the transformer hum, when it's the result of the power from the wall, cause any damage to the amp?
I've got a PurePower 2000 power regenerator but that does nothing to reduce the hum.
So, I guess two questions: One, does the humming hurt the amp? And two, how can I get rid of the damn noise?
Thanks,
Mamoru
"Man, that mouse is Awesome." - Kaemon (referring to Jerry, of Tom and Jerry fame)
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Topic - Does transformer hum hurt the amp? - AudioDwebe 09:09:46 09/29/19 (19)
- RE: Does transformer hum hurt the amp? - fogger 09:58:45 10/29/19 (0)
- RE: Does transformer hum hurt the amp? - bmarton 13:08:12 10/22/19 (1)
- This sounds a bit scary - AudioDwebe 19:48:44 10/23/19 (0)
- RE: Does transformer hum hurt the amp? - John Elison 07:40:10 10/1/19 (1)
- RE: Does transformer hum hurt the amp? - AudioDwebe 10:18:14 10/1/19 (0)
- RE: Does transformer hum hurt the amp? - Story 03:00:42 09/30/19 (1)
- RE: Does transformer hum hurt the amp? - AudioDwebe 10:16:33 09/30/19 (0)
- RE: Does transformer hum hurt the amp? - FenderLover 22:05:22 09/29/19 (6)
- RE: Does transformer hum hurt the amp? - AudioDwebe 10:23:27 09/30/19 (0)
- RE: Does transformer hum hurt the amp? - Sondek 09:09:42 09/30/19 (1)
- RE: Does transformer hum hurt the amp? - AudioDwebe 10:19:30 09/30/19 (0)
- Outlet voltage meter. - FenderLover 22:17:39 09/29/19 (2)
- RE: Outlet voltage meter. - pictureguy 22:29:41 09/29/19 (1)
- Global reasons for voltage drops - FenderLover 22:41:34 09/29/19 (0)
- RE: Does transformer hum hurt the amp? - 6bq5 20:59:21 09/29/19 (1)
- RE: Does transformer hum hurt the amp? - AudioDwebe 10:14:36 09/30/19 (0)
- RE: Does transformer hum hurt the amp? - Bill Way 15:04:41 09/29/19 (2)
- RE: Does transformer hum hurt the amp? - PAR 16:29:11 09/29/19 (1)
- I missed that nt - Bill Way 21:00:01 09/29/19 (0)