So, my brand new Cyrus 8XPd amp arrived yesterday. I have not yet purchased the speakers for the hi-fi system, so in their absence I connected my Bose headphones to the amp...
... and the sound was terrible. There was a very noticeable hum or interference when listening at low volumes. It is similar to the sound you get if you connect headphones to a very poor/noisy headphone connection on an old cheap computer. This was the same for a range of input components. I tested it with a Tacima CS929 so it is not the mains power supply that is causing the issue.
Has anyone experienced this before? Is this a fault with my amp or is the Cyrus 8XPd headphone amp generally just poor!?? I get a cleaner sound when connecting my headphones to my ipod, computer, squeezebox and cheap sony hi-fi system.
I know what hi-fi have reviewed this amp so any comments with those involved would be great!
Thanks for your advice
... and the sound was terrible. There was a very noticeable hum or interference when listening at low volumes. It is similar to the sound you get if you connect headphones to a very poor/noisy headphone connection on an old cheap computer. This was the same for a range of input components. I tested it with a Tacima CS929 so it is not the mains power supply that is causing the issue.
Has anyone experienced this before? Is this a fault with my amp or is the Cyrus 8XPd headphone amp generally just poor!?? I get a cleaner sound when connecting my headphones to my ipod, computer, squeezebox and cheap sony hi-fi system.
I know what hi-fi have reviewed this amp so any comments with those involved would be great!
Thanks for your advice