Whiskyguy
Standard Member
Hi I have a quick question. I have just got back into vinyl via a Planar 3 thru an ArcamSA20 and delighted with the matchup.
One thing I have noticed is that there is a bit of background hum present when no music is being played and the amp is set at higher volumes. I pulled the phono cables and even with no signal there is a different white noise present on the amps phono channel at higher volumes.
Is this all normal? I suspect the hum could be caused by dirty mains, or the deck being too close to the amp, but I didn’t expect the amp to produce random white noise with no input.
Any pointers gratefully recieved!
One thing I have noticed is that there is a bit of background hum present when no music is being played and the amp is set at higher volumes. I pulled the phono cables and even with no signal there is a different white noise present on the amps phono channel at higher volumes.
Is this all normal? I suspect the hum could be caused by dirty mains, or the deck being too close to the amp, but I didn’t expect the amp to produce random white noise with no input.
Any pointers gratefully recieved!