Very faint (barely above silent noise floor) not effected by volume change coming from my headphone amp

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I had'nt tried using my Senn HD800 w'/' this amp which had been dead silent w/ my HFM HE-6. The faint hum became "seriously" faint when I switch the gain to low. Any low level
musical information makes it extremely difficult to hear this noise.

I think I'm bothered by it because up to this point I thought I had a "Subterrainean" noise floor
& to be honest I just bothered by the fact I'm searching for that trace of noise.

I'm using 2 NOVIB socket savers on my Siemens E84L tubes but none on my Brimar CV4034 , could that tube be where the low pitched "speck" of hum (& at this point I'm not
even sure where this noise is originating from) be the culprit ?

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Topic - Very faint (barely above silent noise floor) not effected by volume change coming from my headphone amp - Old SteveA 11:05:44 09/30/14 (3)

RE: Very faint (barely above silent noise floor) not effected by volume change coming from my headphone amp - CV4109 12:18:57 09/30/14 (1)

Heh, heh,heh....Actually,I put the socket savers back on to see if they would "erase" the noise - Old SteveA 13:10:13 09/30/14 (0)

Maybe try some contact cleaner on pins and sockets? (n/t) - FenderLover 11:52:41 09/30/14 (0)

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