Low and Quiet but noticeable Hum from Crack and Quiet Bass

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Offline jeffreyperr

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So I completed the crack a few days ago no real problems(No Speedball yet and stock tubes). All the voltages are good and all that. I'm Listing on HD650s. First off It sounds great. Nice clarity and realism. I only have two complaints/concerns. When I power up the amp I can hear a low constant, low frequency hum that is not affected by volume or anything. I unplugged my source and the hum persisted so I'm sure it's originating in the amp. Also people online have described the crack as having great bass impact but I don't hear it. The bass is definitely there but it feels quiet and underwhelming to my ears, almost flat. I don't know if anyone else has had the same experience with the bass on the crack. I don't know if I just have messed up expectation of bass because I regularly listening to my cars audio system which has a sub woofer, but I feel like there should be more meat to it. Is it possible I wired something wrong or if that couldn't be the problem what could I do to rectify this or am I just being silly?



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Reply #1 on: April 20, 2016, 04:26:45 AM
By the way I'm using the ODAC Rev B as my DAC.



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Reply #2 on: April 20, 2016, 04:38:26 AM
Visually inspect all of you solder joints and retouch any that look iffy. It could be a bad joint somewhere on the power supply terminals around the power transformer. Touch up the filter capacitor connections and it might go away.

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Reply #3 on: April 20, 2016, 09:37:15 PM
Going with what DocB said, when I had flat bass I needed to resolder T13 as my joint was flaky. Voltages checked out fine before and I only noticed it while implementing some mods. Bass is definitely present after fixing that joint.

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