I have a buzz


Howdy, I recently began to put together a better two channel system. I had a Cambridge Audio 840a that I really liked. Then I moved up a bit to the Musical Fidelity A5.5. And here's the thing. Neither produced any buzz. Well... I had heard the Cambridge 840w and 840e and loved them and really wanted separates. When I had a chance to get them I did. So I hook them up and the amp is producing a very slight buzz through my speakers (I alternate between a pair of modded Klipsch Chorus and Klipsch RF-83.) I disconnected the preamp and the buzz was still there. I tried reconnecting everything and the buzz is still there. I even turned all of the lights in the area off and on and it didn't make a difference. And by the way, I don't have cable. So I have two questions:

1) What might I do to fix this? (Could a power conditioner make a difference?)
2) Can it harm my gear?

Thanks for the help.
chipbyrd
I had a buzz last evening.

It was gone when I woke up today.

Will try again later.
I had a similar issue and switched IC's which solved the problem. Unfortunately alot of trial and error before that.
"I had a buzz last evening.”

I have to confess Bill, I had the same thought when I was browsing thread titles. It was like - "Whoa! This will be different, maybe I should go look for my lava lamp"... you know, just to get into the spirit of it.
It's strange, Audiofeil. From my experience buzz always happens in the morning and than gone by 6...7pm
I am buzzing. I had high hopes for this thread. High hopes indeed. Now I am just humming.

How loud is this noise? Is the noise noticeable only when youre close to the speakers? Try unpluging ICs (turn amp off 1st). Is the amp faulty?