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Bottlehead Kits => Crack => Topic started by: AustinWhit on March 14, 2023, 08:39:06 AM

Title: Buzzing sound [resolved]
Post by: AustinWhit on March 14, 2023, 08:39:06 AM

After finishing my Bottlehead crack with the speedball I noticed there is a buzzing sound in the left and right side of my headphones. It goes away with the amp turned all the way down and gets louder as I turn it up. It stops completely when I disconnect the rca cables from the crack even at full volume. I’m just wondering where I should begin to start troubleshooting this

Title: Re: Buzzing sound
Post by: Paul Birkeland on March 14, 2023, 08:43:31 AM

This is very likely external to the Crack.  What is your source component?  If this only happens with no source connected, that's not indicative of any kind of issue.

Title: Re: Buzzing sound
Post by: AustinWhit on March 14, 2023, 09:01:32 AM

I just realized I placed the crack within 3 feet of my pc and router so I thought I try moving it. After moving it about 10 feet away the buzz is completely gone. Sorry for the dumb question, I didn’t realize having them close together caused THAT much of an issue

Title: Re: Buzzing sound [resolved]
Post by: Deluk on March 15, 2023, 02:32:32 AM

My crack is only about 18" from my desktop PC and if I use a laptop it is even less. My router is the other side of the room adjacent to the telephone input. I get no interference of any sort. Possibly you can do something similar. I did the diode mod on the power input and that got rid of the clicks and pops from my mouse etc. That is worthwhile and IMO should be a standard feature of the build.