usa-100 ringing noise from amp

[kingjd7 10+ year member]

I have a us amps usa-100 wired down to one ohm, when the amp is on regardless of the volume something inside of the amp is making a constant ringing noise. It doesn't seem to effect performance at all, it's just annoying when the music is all the way down. Does anyone know what might cause that. I don't hear it through the sub btw, it is coming from inside of the amp.

Thanks,

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[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

switching noise from the power supply. most likely.

 

[kingjd7 10+ year member]

Should I just keep beating on it until it dies? And if I did get it repaired are the power supplies pretty universal, or would it be a waste of time fixing an old amp that they haven't made in a long long time? I've had the thing for close to 15 years. It's one of the real old ones with only the wires coming out of it.

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

old amps are even easier to fix, everything is through-hole components (not SMD like new amps).

i can look at some info on the ringing noise and get back to you.

 

[kingjd7 10+ year member]

Thanks i appreciate it.

 

[kingjd7 10+ year member]

Thanks i appreciate it.

 

[kingjd7 10+ year member]

Well maybe it was a bad idea to keep running the amp. Today I was listening to the stereo and all of the sudden I had a really bad alternator whine coming from my mids and highs, and a real loud pulsating thump coming from the sub. I tried to disconnect each rca to the amps and it happens regardless. The head unit is a Kenwood KDC-bt952hd, the mids amp is a old lanzar 4 channel, the highs amp is a ppi sedona apa-100, and the sub is on a usa-100. I think somehow the usa-100 did something to the head unit.