Yup. That was the vintage of mine. All gone now--tubes, horrible light, always hummed, often didn't turn on, and dripped from the ballast. I'm glad they've improved, but I doubt I'll ever try them again.
Listening in the dark-Fluorescent lights causing hum
Recently my fluorescent lights have begun causing a hum in my stereo. This wasn’t noticeable before. Turn off the overhead lights and the hum disappears. How can I treat this? I have too many fluorescent light fixtures to replace all of them. I tried plugging the equipment into a Furman DST-8. No improvement. I’ve heard ground loop isolators work but can effect sound quality. Would it be worth buying one to try? Is that effective in this case? I don’t mind listening with the fluorescent lights off, but I can’t always do that. You help is appreciated.
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