Faint buzz in speakers


There is a very faint buzz coming from speakers with amp on, but with no music stream playing. Can only be heard with ear right up to drivers. No buzz with amp off or muted. Decent amp & cabling. Is this faint buzz likely still there under music when it’s playing? Numerous noise reduction devices deployed including dedicated circuit, robust grounding, balanced power transformer, various filters. Thoughts?

jmfinney

"simply make sure all lights with dimmers are turned off while listening”

"I noticed that sometimes it's a light rheostat (sorry, dimmer switch) making noise in the circuit. However, it's usually a cheap charger that is the culprit in the circuit. "

- better amp designs are immune to AC power harmonics, introduced by fast switching currents. so far I found Accuphase is the best! 

 

"it turned out to be proximity to a router. "

- I had similar issues before changing pre/amp to Accuphase.. to identify RF noise immunity issues, just touch/move arm to diff components and cables, around amp/pre/turntable/CD etc at max loudness (TT/CD/etc idle).

 

OP. From your updated description, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the amp - its just regular residual noise. Forget about it and enjoy the music!

I'll throw my guess into the ring: Filter cap on it's way out. Oh, and don't neatly coil excess cable carrying signal.

PS- Modern dimmers, including smart dimmers are not noisy the way the old one's were, mechanically or electrically.  You certainly can have remote controlled mood lighting in your listening room. 

I had a similar problem a few years ago.  In my case I had a subwoofer and I had to ground the sub plate amp to the preamp.  It cleaned it up