Do this:
With the power OFF for all of the amps except for the
center channel - listen... IF it is still buzzy. Unplug
from the wall, each amp's AC plug and see if the bzzz goes
away.
alternately, take the center channel output with the other outputs NOT connected at all and listen.
IF still there, disconnect ALL the other inputs to the device that is generating the 5 channels of junk sound and see if that makes the buzz go away.
IF it is still there, unplug the digital transport that is the source (and/or turn it off.
Point being this: IF it creates the buzz in the center channel in the 5.1 channel mode by ITSELF then it is not any sort of cable or ground loop.
The idea is to systematically eliminate everything one step at a time to isolate the causal factor.
It very well could be ground loop or simply bad decoding with digital noise in it (a defective circuit).
IF it is still buzzzing with nothing but the center channel amp connected, then try that output with a left or right channel amp connected to it. That will eliminate the amp from consideration IF it still buzzes, and if you use another interconnect (just swap it over) then the interconnect is not suspect either...
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With the power OFF for all of the amps except for the
center channel - listen... IF it is still buzzy. Unplug
from the wall, each amp's AC plug and see if the bzzz goes
away.
alternately, take the center channel output with the other outputs NOT connected at all and listen.
IF still there, disconnect ALL the other inputs to the device that is generating the 5 channels of junk sound and see if that makes the buzz go away.
IF it is still there, unplug the digital transport that is the source (and/or turn it off.
Point being this: IF it creates the buzz in the center channel in the 5.1 channel mode by ITSELF then it is not any sort of cable or ground loop.
The idea is to systematically eliminate everything one step at a time to isolate the causal factor.
It very well could be ground loop or simply bad decoding with digital noise in it (a defective circuit).
IF it is still buzzzing with nothing but the center channel amp connected, then try that output with a left or right channel amp connected to it. That will eliminate the amp from consideration IF it still buzzes, and if you use another interconnect (just swap it over) then the interconnect is not suspect either...
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