All of my systems have had some sort of very faint hiss when no music is playing, and I put my ear right up to the tweeter. It’s a good way to confirm that the tweeters are working, and should pose zero issue when listening to music. No problem if it's not loud enough to be heard across the room, or when music is playing.
Very faint hiss from tweeter
I just put a new system together and noticed that when no music is playing, if I put my ear very close to the tweeter on either speaker, there is a very faint hiss sound. Is this indicative of a problem? Its not audible unless my ear is very close to the tweeter, but I wonder if its polluting amplified sound when I play music. Should a system be stone cold silent when powered on with no music playing?
Heres my stack:
Focal Aria 936
Parasound A23+
Schiit Freya+
Bluesound Node X
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IME, a system with tube electronics likely produce a faint hiss; which is normal. As long as the hiss noise doesn’t intrude or increases as you raise the volume or audible from your listening chair, you got nothing to worry. If it bothers you, then be ready to spend some money and considerable efforts on gear swapping journey. |
@akafritz Wrote:
Lower the gain setting on the back of the Parasound A23+ amp. Mike
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