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Spectron Musician trun on noise / tweeter hiss

My Musician III SE MK2 with the vcap / bybee upgrades was just delivered and after setting it up and hitting the power switch a cracking static was momentarily heard from my speakers. The same was true when the power is turned off.

I realize that most amps generate an audible hiss that can be heard when you put your ear near the speakers tweeter, but the Spectron seems louder than most.

Do other owners share the same experience??
tmaple

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tmaple OP
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Thanks Folks for your responses. My upstream components consist of an AYRE K5X preamp amd AYRE C5XE universal player. All interconnects are balanced; Kimber Select between the pre amp and amp; Cardas Golden Reference between the disc player and preamp.

I've also encountered an issue with my tuner, which now only presents music that is total static!

However, my intial impressions are very favorable. I replaced an AYRE K5X with the Musician mainly because I was never really happy with the bootom end of the AYRE.

Once things settle down I'll be able to post my impressions.
tmaple OP
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Unfotunately, the Tuner is not balanced, but does reside on the top shelf of the rack and the amp is on the bottom shelf.

I have a dedicated 20 amp line for my system. I'm using the Shunyata HYDRA and have replaced the stock power cord with the Shunyata PYTHON.

tmaple OP
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Unfortunately the hiss remained with ONLY the speakers connected to the amp. The unit has been packed up and will be returned to the manufacturer for analysis.
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