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ISS Problem & Ground Loop Noise in Genelec 8010a PLEASE HELP

nani, muokattu 7 Vuodet sitten.

ISS Problem & Ground Loop Noise in Genelec 8010a PLEASE HELP

Youngling Viestejä: 6 Liittymispäivä: 6.5.2016 Viimeisimmät viestit
Hello My name is Diego & I recently bought ae pair of 8010's with my local distributor (Vari Internacional Mexico)
I'm experiencing 2 problems: 1- I get a ground loop HISS as soon as I turn on the Monitor (even with no audio connection whatsoever) and 2- since I'm pretty sure I'm getting Ground loop noise the ISS does't work because it's detecting this static i think... (I can leave the monitors on with no audio connection and they won't go on standby not even after a couple of hours... :shock: :oops: ) Cheers.
Diego Ernani :)
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Re: ISS Problem & Ground Loop Noise in Genelec 8010a PLEASE

Yoda Viestejä: 2564 Liittymispäivä: 23.3.2009 Viimeisimmät viestit
Hi Diego,

Could I please ask you to contact Vari International Mexico because they are your local distributor and are able to provide you much better local support. Could you for example visit them and let them test your monitors?

1. Ground loop problems do not cause hissing, the most common symptom is a 50/60 Hz hum. Also, ground loop problems are typically related to systems with unbalanced connections. You should know that all active speakers have some amount of self induced noise. You can hear some amount if hissing if you listen at very close distance is a quiet room. Could you record a short video clip for example with your phone demonstrating the hiss that you are experiencing? It is impossible for me to say now whether that is normal or not. Have you disconnected the audio cables from the speaker end?

2. It is true that ISS does not activate if there is lot of noise in the audio or mains signal. It maybe related to the first problem or not.
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Re: ISS Problem & Ground Loop Noise in Genelec 8010a PLEASE

Youngling Viestejä: 6 Liittymispäivä: 6.5.2016 Viimeisimmät viestit
Hello & thanks for the response, I'm going to contact Vari Internacional...
just one thing I hear the 50-60hz hum you say if i put my ear at apron 30 cm with no audio connection, is that normal?
Cheers
Diego
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Re: ISS Problem & Ground Loop Noise in Genelec 8010a PLEASE

Yoda Viestejä: 2564 Liittymispäivä: 23.3.2009 Viimeisimmät viestit
I believe you mean hiss, but yes that is perfectly normal, nothing to worry about.