audio note ankoru


I have recently purchased a pair of used SE Ankoru mono block power amps and M3 pre .
Upon the connection of the system, I noticed a low buzzing noise in the loudspeakers which comes from the amps and sometimes gets louder. I checked and removed all upstream equipment, cd, pre, to find the source of the noise and concluded that it direcly comes from the powr amps . I even tried power conditioner to check and make sure the quality of Ac is good but the buzzing noise was still there. I wonder if any body has similar experience or can help me take care of this problem. I was told it could be from the tubes ?!
Thanks
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Showing 1 response by larryi

Is the noise about equal in both channels? If so, it is unlikely to be a bad tube or some other candidate, like a power supply capacitor.

If it is just one amp, or predominantly one amp, try switching the tubes from one amp to the other to see if the noise follows the tubes.

Even with power supply conditioning, it could still be the power. I get hum and buzzing in my amps (Audionote Kageki) from the cable tv feed. As long as the cable is hooked up, it somehow feeds noise into the circuit that feeds both my stereo and video setup (the setups do not share any components/connection at all). Even attempts to block the noise with a blocking transformer doesn't help; I have to unplug the cable to eliminate the noise. The amps are fed by a Furman balanced power conditioner, but, it does nothing for the problem.

Good luck.