Hissing sound coming from tweeters


Right now I'm experiencing a hissing noise coming from the tweeters on my Klipsch RF7II's, and can't figure out what is causing the noise. It's almost like a white noise that is there when the amplifiers are powered on and is not affected by changes in volume.

My system consists of an Oppo BDP-83 blu-ray player, Ayre K-5xe preamp, and two Emotiva UPA-1 mono blocks. My cables are Audioquest King Cobra and Audioquest Emeralds. I would greatly appreciate any help resolving this problem. The hissing sound is very annoying. Thanks.
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Showing 1 response by kbarkamian

What you may well be hearing is the amps' "noise floor." The higher the sensitivity of the speakers, the easier it is to hear it. Every component has a noise floor. Not that I'm an electrical engineer by any stretch of the imagination, but I think it's impossible to not have one. Some are quite lower than others, and some may be inaudible.

It could be something else, or a combination of several things. In my experience, hiss is usually amp noise floor. Humming and buzzing are usually something else - ground loop, EMI, RFI, dirty power, etc.