AC power quality is not the issue. I’ve worked in mitigating ground loop and EMI noise in avionics for years, and I’m sorry to say the problem is in the amp. The AC coming into my home is as clean as any. I checked the internals of my Halo Integrated thoroughly and I could only conclude that the amp has a less-than-ideal circuit layout or connection issue that would require extensive disassembly to find.
If you Google some internal pics of the H-Int, you’ll notice there’s some variation to the wire routing. I know they also had a rash of bad volume pots in some of these amps (though that’s not the culprit in this case). So I’ll retract my prior statement and say that it is potentially a QC issue, but I think it’s far more likely that they simply revised portions of the design/layout at some point.
If you Google some internal pics of the H-Int, you’ll notice there’s some variation to the wire routing. I know they also had a rash of bad volume pots in some of these amps (though that’s not the culprit in this case). So I’ll retract my prior statement and say that it is potentially a QC issue, but I think it’s far more likely that they simply revised portions of the design/layout at some point.