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Preamp Deal of the Century

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slowhand
sorlowski
236 posts
 
I did test with IC's to no avail.
There is hum too.
I can hear my power supply hum (not that loud), but Clayton monoblocks (they have 1kV transformers) are dead quiet.
So I understand that somebody with quiet Chenin phono, after disconnecting LP from it will have a lot of tape hiss noise, like me ? Is that right ?
braro
87 posts
 
That has been my experience with my Chenin. When selector is in phono position with TT hooked up and grounded - dead quiet. When selector is in phono position and no TT hooked up - hum and some hiss.
sorlowski
236 posts
 
it's a weight load off my mind ..
thanks
slowhand OP
610 posts
 
These Mundorf caps most be coming around. The past few days I have heard a marked improvement in the sound of my Cortese.
ecclectique
509 posts
 
Hi Tom. I am not at all surprised.Like the majority of oil filled capacitors, the mundorf supremes take a couple of hundred hours to fully open up. In particular, the bass frequencies takes the most time. If you want to speed up the process... run a cd on repeat when your not listening to your rig [just leave your amp turned off]
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