Speaker has light snow/fuzzy sound when idle

[pigeon]

Hello, I have finally got a suitable chipamp that you'll suggested.

But now, my question is..

The speaker and amp quality is fine.. but because I have the amp turned up (85-90percent power), I hear snow/fuzzy when nothing is being played through the speaker... Granted, I have to stick my ear right up to the speaker and listen VERY carefully, but the noise is there.

If I leave ths speaker/amp on like this in this state for 24/7, will this have negative effects on the driver or amp?

Or is this not uncommon?


thanks!
Lee

 

[SpittinLLama]

You're hearing the noise floor of the amplifier, white noise. What is the gain of your amplifier? What is the sensitivity of the speakers? It won't hurt anything as the amount of power going into the speaker is probably in the uW (microWatt) range.

-SL

 

[mb]

The noise seems to be at a very low (ie. pretty acceptable) level. However, you seem to imply that the noise is there when you turn up the volume to 85-90% level. If the noise reduces with volume setting, then it's much more likely to be inherent from the source or preamp. Amplifier noise floor remains constant, since the gain is fixed.