"popping" when moving to balanced cables on Amp

" I always recall that my audio system had some type of minor pop" when turning it off, but this is much, much louder"

Well, you do have more gain using balanced connections...6db, I think?

Dave

The question is what is normally the cause of this type of "popping" when you turn off an amplifier. I always recall that my audio system had some type of minor "pop" when turning it off, but this is much, much louder.
Internetmin

Most of the time the 'popping' sound is caused by a leaky capacitor in the amp. Dave has a good reason it could be louder, the additional 6 db gain that you get from running balanced. Can you take the cables back to the dealer and try another pair? If so do it, if the pop persist then I would say your amp needs some maintenance. If the pop disappears, you had some bad cables.

Best wishes,
John

Thanks for the prompt responses!

What I'm going to try is this:

1) I have the Antem pre AVM-20 and the 2-Channel MCA-20 amp set with triggers. So when I power the AVM 20 pre down it also turns off the MCA-20. I will try turning the amp off first manually and see what that does and then the pre first, etc.

2) I did NOT re-balance my speaker setup since I put in the balanced cables. So I neglected to do that obvious part. If I recall I think I had my setup at a +2 when I did the calibration last on the fronts with the RCA connectors.

3) I got the cables direct from the manufacturer online (so no physical store for me to try out). I will contact them if #1 and #2 don't work.

4) I'm also going to contact Anthem directly re: the capacitor leak that John mentioned.

I've always assumed that "popping" was normal to some degree; however, when I was using my receiver--7.1 Marantz--I never had the degree that I've gotten since moving to separates.

So I'm wondering if there is a trick to separates that a receiver takes care of.

Thanks for the quick feedback.

Ted

Ted, that sounds like a good plan. I didn't realize that you were new to seperates. Amp is always the last thing turned on and the first thing turned off. I have seperates, and no popping at all using this sequence.
Make sure you go through the first 3 steps before looking to the leaking caps.

Let us know how you make out.

Cheers,
John

Thanks john. I just got back from a trip so assuming I can stay awake I will try it out tonight :-)