In Reply to: Re: What he said!!! posted by Bill Martinelli on September 01, 2003 at 19:30:07:
I think line frequency hum (and its full-cycle rectified double) are probably the most oft-cited problem in audio. Ironically, this almost never plagues people running four hundred dollar receivers. Just the guys running expensive separates, who have to deal with ground loops and relatively long preamp signal lines. I think a lot of tube amps probably have relatively primitive power supply circuits too, so that probably introduces some hum as well.
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