Author Topic: Tube Amp question (in all seriousness) (Read 3608 times)

the_bleeding · « **on:** November 15, 2007, 01:20:12 AM »

Hey, this may sound really nooby, but do all tube amps give off a strange hum while they're warming up in stanby mode? The reason i ask is i like to do schoolwork while my marshall warms up, and its REALLY annoying. The hum isnt that loud or anything, its just... annoying.

Thanks

Will · « **Reply #1 on:** November 15, 2007, 02:37:55 AM »

mine does. nothing big or irritating. then again, I tend not to do homework

shaman · « **Reply #2 on:** November 15, 2007, 02:58:47 AM »

fan, by any chance?I have refurbished the fans in amps before to quiet the beast-my boogie coliseum has a fan much like the turbines found in a 747 engine :P

the_bleeding · « **Reply #3 on:** November 15, 2007, 04:39:28 AM »

pretty sure this thing doesnt have a fan. Theres no vent in the chassis for it anyway, and i keep the backplate off so i can see right inside, and theres no fan ON the chassis either.

viking · « **Reply #4 on:** November 15, 2007, 05:07:25 AM »

No hum in standby mode with my MB Nomad...

Henk · « **Reply #5 on:** November 15, 2007, 08:15:48 AM »

Funny, i just love the sound of my warming up marshall when i am waking up with a nice cup of coffee, it has a real nice warm humm, nothing irritating about it IMO. If your studying just turn it off.......

Mr Ed · « **Reply #6 on:** November 15, 2007, 08:19:08 AM »

Mine hums... the logical thing to do would be to just turn it off.

hunter · « **Reply #7 on:** November 15, 2007, 08:49:40 AM »

Hums, normal. It's probably the capacitors or the transformers or sth.

Just make sure you have a drummer and a bass player bangin away on full speed behind you, so you won't hear it anymore.

indysmith · « **Reply #8 on:** November 15, 2007, 09:30:34 AM »

don't think my marshall hums. if it does i never noticed it.

gwEm · « **Reply #9 on:** November 15, 2007, 09:36:20 AM »

mine hums quietly and very gently.. its nice, kind of like a spaceship. often i dont notice it.

maverickf1jockey · « **Reply #10 on:** November 15, 2007, 04:26:26 PM »

My TT hums but only when it's actually on and nothing is plugged in.

HTH AMPS · « **Reply #11 on:** November 15, 2007, 06:33:03 PM »

can't think of a valve amp I've ever owned that didn't hum to some degree in standby.

:twisted:

the_bleeding · « **Reply #12 on:** November 15, 2007, 09:30:09 PM »

thanks for clearing that up. I didn't care about the hum in my marshall's first year of service, but i've been reading so much amp tech stuff lately i begin to worry about every thing about it hahahah.

Oh, and to those who say turn it off while i work... I turn it on while i work so i can give it enough time to warm up. i like to keep warm up time to a 5-10 minute minimum :)

viking · « **Reply #13 on:** November 15, 2007, 10:24:41 PM »

I double-checked mine but there is absolutely no hum at all but complete silence in standby... :?

Will · « **Reply #14 on:** November 15, 2007, 10:35:02 PM »

I always thought it was the valve heaters