Can someone tell me what wrong


Hi there
i need some held with speaker hissing noise
i recently noticed some noise come from my right speaker 
the speaker is venture audio grand mk3 and driven by vta m125 tube mono block, it’s kind of loud, i can hear it from 4 feet away the speaker with the preamp turn off, it doesn’t effect by the preamp volume 
so here is what i did
Remove the preamp - still the same noise
swap the mono block - still the same noise
swap the speaker cable between left and right - still the same noise
hook up a vintage dynaco st70 - no more noise
hook up the right channel mono block to the left speaker - no noise 
so what could be wrong here?
I didn’t have that noise before 
This thing really drive me nut
Thank in advance 
 

128x128ownut
I think we can help you, by the process of elimination you describe, but your description of each change you make needs to be clearer and more specific.

For instance, what's the difference between swopping the monoblocks and hooking them up to opposing speakers?

In each instance we need to know what is hooked up where, and if there is any noise from either speaker.

For instance, when you hooked right mono to left speaker, did you also hook left mono to right speaker?  Was there noise is either channel?  Which speaker cable did you use?
If you reed the post he did swap monoblock

"swap the mono block - still the same noise"

Ok in order try these they cost nothing.. The way a mechanic would kinda do it..

1. Noisy valve, ay? You have a tube making noise? (Swap valves left to right for a check)

2. The mono blocks aren't on the same plug? Make sure they are plugged into the same rail on the meter. For now the same wall plug, or maintainer will work.

3. Make sure the IC (source to preamp AND preamp to amp) are tight, clean, and plugged all the way in. 

4. Get a cheater plug for the ground. Eliminate the ground with the cheater, ONE amp at a time. Repair the ground loop as needed. add a ground wire between the two amps, chassis to chassis.

You gave a good report, OP a lot better than most..

I'll give it a guess, a noisy valve, or a ground loop issue between the two monoblocks..

Happy hunting.

Regards




+1 oldhvymec
My guess is noisy valve only because he said he just noticed it...
@dill I did using a different speaker cable, but still have same problem 
@twoleftears i did swap left mono to right mono speaker , but the noise didn’t move, noise only come out from right channel, im using audioquest rocket88 speaker cable
@oldhvymec
1 i will try to swap the tube later today 
2 the 2 mono block plug on the separate wall plug before they make noise, i then plug them to the same power strip, still have the noise at right channel 
3 the ic connection is good, it still make noise when I remove all the ic
4 ground loop should not be the problem, if i plug only 1 amp it still make same noise 

thank for the suggestion