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Unison Unico SE noise

I have a Unison Unico SE. Even though I might not have my cd player on or the tv on (sources hooked into it), my speakers have this continuous static noise. I do not notice it when listening to music, but when everything is off I can here it. Any ideas on how to take care of this problem? Thanks
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kclone OP
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although there is noise from both speakers, it is really bad, loud in the right channel. It is a lot louder then when I first posted about the problem earlier. So I opened up the amp and switched the tubes from one side to the other. Sure enough the heavy static noise moved to the left side so that means it is a bad tube. These are the mullard CU 4003s (12AU7s). I know I need to replace the one tube, but my question is are the mullards a little noisey anyways?
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jackthecat
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I have been enjoying my Unico SE ( level two modded by Underwood/ parts connexion with Mullards ) for about a month now and I think it is starting to show its true colours finally !! I have been running it all day for a lot of the time as I heard it could take awhile. I stopped the music and turned up the volume full and was suprised to hear sweet silence with my ear right next to my speaker. I tried this test soon after recieving it and could hear hiss so am very pleased with the improvement !! It handles all my music well but the jazz is pure magic and its probably the jazz that I want to get right! It really is turning into an awesome amp. My CDP is the new Raysonic which is turning out pretty nice too. I think they have a great synergy . Cheers.
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