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Default Amp picking up radio

On Nov 2, 12:20*pm, (GS) wrote:
In article , Greg Forschler wrote:

I just bought a new little Laney amp for home, it buzzes less than my
last small amp, but seems to pick up radio signals much more, even
when there is no cable plugged in (and when there is a cable I use
Mogami cables that really do help alot). I've switched outlets, moved
it around, nothing really helps. There is no ground switch either. I
do notice that when I touch the amp, and especially hold the power
cord, it eliminates most of it. So I'm wondering, is there something I
can get, besides a human body, to touch or 'hold' the cord, something
to wrap around it or something that will do the same thing as when a
human hand touches it?


Whats a Laney amp ??

Usually any connect can make a difference, at the speaker, the power cord, or
inputs, or any other connection. RF filters, RF chokes, grounding, etc to fix.

greg


Laney is the brand, popular in the UK I guess.

I'm not sure what an RF filter or choke is. I'm not an electrician.
The power cable does have the third prong for ground. I tried
something called a ferite noise surpressor, with no change.
I had a smaller lower quality amp before, still have it actually, it
didn't pick up the radio so much but buzzed really bad. I almost think
the new amp is just doing a better job acting as a true radio, where
as the first one just picked up all the signals and didn't filter the
frequencies out so it was just static. I'm not sure which is worse.