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I am very new to home studio recording. I got a new job a few months ago and picked up some monitors and an amp. They work and sound great. The amp is 300w and occasionally will produce a hiss, regardless of the volume, channel, or really any option. And sometimes a crackle and a pop. It is really irritating just hanging around my computer. When sound plays, it doesn't seem to happen as often, but it messes up music, of course.
I ruled out that it is not the speakers because I would figure the volume would effect the pop sound and stuff. I am plugged into a power surger. This is really the limitation of my knowledge. I don't know if it could be dust (is that a real possibility?), the electricity in my house being poor, or if the amp needs internal parts replace.
Also, some additional non-issue related questions:
300w amp. I have two different speakers set up for 'Speaker B' and it says 4 ohms vs. using both Speaker A and B for 8 ohms. I have two little displays for watts, both go up to 150. Since it's on one speaker (channel?) for both, only one display moves. The peak level is 150 I'm guessing as that is as far as it goes. Is it bad for the amp to hit 300w of power? If I'm using two speakers on one channel, is my real limit increased from 150 to 300, so I can technically turn bass and treble up when not recording/mixing? Any kind of simple literature on this would be appreciated.
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I am very new to home studio recording. I got a new job a few months ago and picked up some monitors and an amp. They work and sound great. The amp is 300w and occasionally will produce a hiss, regardless of the volume, channel, or really any option. And sometimes a crackle and a pop. It is really irritating just hanging around my computer. When sound plays, it doesn't seem to happen as often, but it messes up music, of course.
I ruled out that it is not the speakers because I would figure the volume would effect the pop sound and stuff. I am plugged into a power surger. This is really the limitation of my knowledge. I don't know if it could be dust (is that a real possibility?), the electricity in my house being poor, or if the amp needs internal parts replace.
Also, some additional non-issue related questions:
300w amp. I have two different speakers set up for 'Speaker B' and it says 4 ohms vs. using both Speaker A and B for 8 ohms. I have two little displays for watts, both go up to 150. Since it's on one speaker (channel?) for both, only one display moves. The peak level is 150 I'm guessing as that is as far as it goes. Is it bad for the amp to hit 300w of power? If I'm using two speakers on one channel, is my real limit increased from 150 to 300, so I can technically turn bass and treble up when not recording/mixing? Any kind of simple literature on this would be appreciated.
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