Re: Constant buzzing - can it be killed!

["Kris Hartung" <khartung@q.com>]

Thanks, Bill. We do indeed have the energy saving bulbs here. However, I 
turned all the lights off in the house and the buzz persised.

Would this do the trick? 
http://www.furmansound.com/product.php?div=01&id=AC-215A_PRO

Kris


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Walker" <billwalker@baymoon.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 10:30 AM
Subject: Constant buzzing - can it be killed!


> Hey kris if this has become a recent phenomena, it might be due to  
>using 
> the new energy saving fluorescent light bulbs. I was getting ton  of 
>extra 
> noise until I realized they were the culprit and any room on  the same 
> circuit as mine like the bathroom had to have the lights  replaced with 
> standard incandescent bulbs. I still have some issues  with buzz and 
>also 
> with proximity to transformers in my room, example:  if I set my guitar 
>to 
> close to my furman power conditioner  my guitar  buzzes.  It may be that 
> my power conditioner is old enough (+20 years)  now that some of its 
> filter capacitors are getting old and noisy. The  real solution would be 
> getting an isolation transformer for your  studio room, but they aren't 
> cheap,  some costing upwards of $1000  dollars or more  and they tend to 
> be pretty massive them selves. Try  changing the lights first, that may 
> clear up your problem.
>  Bill