755 Radio Station Noise

Posted by: Sickler

755 Radio Station Noise - 05/10/04 05:21 PM

After hooking up the 755 I notice a faint radio station being played in my speakers if I hold my ear 1-2" away from the tweater. The amp is NOT hooked up to my processore and all the wiring between it and my speakers is BetterCables. When connected to my processor, the volume of the "noise" does not rise and fall with a change in the volume control. Moving the amp out of my cabinet reduces the audibility of the station almost completely. I do not have any FM/AM antenna hooked up to my processor. The satellite feed is nowhere near the amp and it doesn't matter if I plus the amp into a dedicated circuit or through a Monster Theater Power Center. What else should I look for in order to reduce the station noise? It's not critical since I can't hear it from my listening position, but psychologically, it's killing me knowing my system is not "clean".

Thanks
Posted by: curegeorg

Re: 755 Radio Station Noise - 05/10/04 08:29 PM

you need to shield your cables better or connect them to a filtered power center/strip or read at bottom. just because it is monster or whatever doesnt mean that it has filters on each input that block out extra noise. if the station is fm, it will be harder, if it is am you can make sure your cable is not looped anywhere. i doubt much will help more than moving the amp or somehow shielding it, because more than likely IT IS picking up the signal and not the cabling. but i would check cabling first. try disconnecting everything and reconnecting.
so if i hear you right, with just the amp on and nothing connected to it, you get the station?
Posted by: bestbang4thebuck

Re: 755 Radio Station Noise - 05/11/04 10:41 AM

If merely this arrangement

nothing > 755 > speaker cables > speakers

gives you a mild RF reception and demodulation situation, and to help determine if the 755 is the main culprit even without cables, can you disconnect all cables from the 755 except for one speaker cable that is very, very short (perhaps less than a foot, if you can manage it) connected to a loudspeaker temporarily sitting right behind the amp and listen for the station? Does the station come through all channels if you test the amp one channel at a time with the short speaker cable? Just thought I'd ask.
Posted by: curegeorg

Re: 755 Radio Station Noise - 05/11/04 12:15 PM

good idea, but not very practical bestbang. it is always good to narrow down the annoyance by eliminating other possible suspects.
Posted by: Sickler

Re: 755 Radio Station Noise - 05/12/04 07:10 PM

Just to clarify: Only when the amp was ON and NOT connected to anything other than the speaker and wall outlet would I get the station. It is an AM station. I took your suggestions and and made sure there were no "loops" with the wires. What I ended up doing was cutting out the back of my entertainment center to allow more room for the wires. Previsouly, the speaker cables got all bunched up and I assume the "loops" that were created were attracting the AM signal. Now the speaker wires and RCAs have a nice straight path coming and going and the signal has vanished.
Posted by: curegeorg

Re: 755 Radio Station Noise - 05/12/04 09:55 PM

glad to hear its gone.