I have a buzz


Howdy, I recently began to put together a better two channel system. I had a Cambridge Audio 840a that I really liked. Then I moved up a bit to the Musical Fidelity A5.5. And here's the thing. Neither produced any buzz. Well... I had heard the Cambridge 840w and 840e and loved them and really wanted separates. When I had a chance to get them I did. So I hook them up and the amp is producing a very slight buzz through my speakers (I alternate between a pair of modded Klipsch Chorus and Klipsch RF-83.) I disconnected the preamp and the buzz was still there. I tried reconnecting everything and the buzz is still there. I even turned all of the lights in the area off and on and it didn't make a difference. And by the way, I don't have cable. So I have two questions:

1) What might I do to fix this? (Could a power conditioner make a difference?)
2) Can it harm my gear?

Thanks for the help.
chipbyrd

Showing 2 responses by marakanetz

Your power line may have a ground fault.
Try to block loose ground wire with cheater plug or ask electrician to take care of the problem.
It's strange, Audiofeil. From my experience buzz always happens in the morning and than gone by 6...7pm