Hey I was rearranging things on one of the shelves of my rack today knocked my Aries Mini off the shelf where it dangled by the digital cable. Rescued the Mini it's fine but my digital cable wont pass a signal. Let me tell you how many hours and reconnections of equipment it took before that finally dawned on me. Sigh.
Classic Over-reaction!
So today I was listening to a new vintage LP that had just arrived. And when I switched cables from my phono stage to my Hegel 160 integrated - just to note sonic differences between cables -- I noticed that all of a sudden - for the first time - a noticeable hum was emanating from the Hegel’s transformer.
Crap. What now?
I switched back to the original cables. Nothing. The hum was still there.
I tried different tubes in the phono stage. Nothing. The hum was still there.
I unplugged the Hegel from the wall outlet and plugged it into the power strip. Nothing. The hum was still there. I switched everything off in despair and moped upstairs for dinner.
Where I noticed the toaster oven was on. Hmmm. A few minutes later the toaster oven dinged and turned off and I went downstairs, turned the Hegel on, and the hum was gone.
Sigh....
Crap. What now?
I switched back to the original cables. Nothing. The hum was still there.
I tried different tubes in the phono stage. Nothing. The hum was still there.
I unplugged the Hegel from the wall outlet and plugged it into the power strip. Nothing. The hum was still there. I switched everything off in despair and moped upstairs for dinner.
Where I noticed the toaster oven was on. Hmmm. A few minutes later the toaster oven dinged and turned off and I went downstairs, turned the Hegel on, and the hum was gone.
Sigh....
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