Drip opto4 LA2A - noise. Looking for answers on how to lower it

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thedommer

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Captured some of the noise here.
https://soundcloud.com/thedommer/la2a-noise

1. The first part is gain on full and peak on low. part way through I touch the power switch and you can hear the noise lower a lot.
2. The second part is the gain on full and peak reduction on full. I then turn the dial of the peak from full all the way down to off.


Looking to get your thoughts on how to lower the noise. This is a clean build and I have 2 star grounds. one on the power supply and one in-between XLRs. everything is grounded as drip suggest. there are 2 more capacitors on the power (total 5).

Looking for other solutions to help lower this noise even more.

The opto is usable even with the noise since I rarely put the gain past 3 or 4. Just trying to get it as low as possible. I am not using a power conditioner. I bet that might help but for now I want to get the opto as low as possible on its own.



 
Just answered my own question. Scrapped the case at every screw so that it was metal on metal. thing is nearly dead silent now. WOOOOOOO
 
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