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Re: dumble with noise

9/18/2003 4:16 PM

steve conner
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Re: dumble with noise

quote:
"if the shielded wire has more capacitance shouldn,t it cut highs a little and reduce hiss?"

Unless the capacitance is causing a parasitic oscillation, in which case all sorts of horrible ultrasonic stuff happens, that can make the amp noisier. Try connecting a stopper resistor (10k or so) in series between the shielded cable core and the grid pin of the tube.

Steve C.

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marcel b Steve, the stopper resistor is alre... -- 9/18/2003 10:28 PM