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Hi all,
I'm thinking of buying a DV Mark Little Jazz. I know about the fan noise problem with the older model, but I read this on Thomann in a customer review of the new model: "[...] there is a major downside: the amp is very noisy. The new ones don't have the fan noise problem but there is a lot of hiss coming from the amp [...]".
Since I would be using it in my bedroom, even at a very low volume, just raised from being unplugged, the hiss would be a major problem for me.
Has anyone who uses it at home at very low volume noticed the hiss the reviewer is talking about?
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Mine is about 3 years old. I have never noticed hiss. Can't say I have listened closely for it and I am listening with older ears. Used to really notice it with a JC55 amp that I had quite a few years ago.
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My LJ was quiet as a mouse. So is the 6 or 7 year old Jazz 12 (which has the same electronics) in the backline at the club in which I play twice a week. And the 12 gets a lot of use.
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I Just turned mine on and turned it up all the way (without anything plugged in). I could just barely hear some noise at the maximum point, which would probably be ear shattering levels, that I would never use.
So very little hiss here.
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I'm not sure exactly "how new" the "new ones" are...? I've had mine for a few years now and I've never heard any undesirable noise... so I'd say mine is quiet. I must add that I only use it at "bedroom volume".
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If I turn it way up in the room with some computers and a wifi router while using a wireless system, and under LED lights, there is a lot of hiss. Even with a cable there is a little. But unplugging everything removes the hiss, which is being introduced from external sources. Removing all the other electronics would probably do the same, but that stuff isn't going anywhere else. I live with the noise it produces.
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I got mine this year and its completely quiet. I don't even get a hum from single coils, I assume because the high frequencies are rolled off. No issues whatsoever.
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Hi, my experience with dv mark jazz 12 is this: it is silent but it is very sensitive to the quality of the power supply, when I turn on lamps with a voltage regulator. I hear noises like zzzzzz. This leads me to think that the 220/110 input circuit is cheap. Maybe an external AC filter could solve it. This is my little contribution.
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I've used my LJ for maybe three years in multiple environments. I have never heard any noteworthy hiss (caveat: I do have some high frequency loss, but I can hear hiss from my JC55). The LJ is quiet. It doesn't have any fan noise at all.
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I've heard a little (very little) fan noise when I had been playing very loud in a loud environment, everything got hot, and suddenly things went silent for awhile. I've never heard the fan in a bedroom situation, after several years of use. I just don't run it hard enough to kick the fan on, and it has to be run pretty hard to make it come on, IME. Playing outside in the hot sun might do it, but outside I don't think the fan noise would be audible.
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My posts about this are based on a sample size of one. I can't guarantee that every LJ, or even any other LJ, is exactly the same as mine. I'm just saying what I've experienced with mine, over several years of use. Take it for what it's worth.
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This forum is irreplaceable: you have given me a first-hand overview and thanks to your contributions I now have a clearer idea.
As soon as I have time I will go to the nearest city with a shop equipped with both and I will try the Little Jazz and the THR30W (which I already know has little hiss) to decide which one to buy to serve as a desktop amp and for a guitar/accordion duo.
At this point I start with a theoretical preference for the Little Jazz which, not being a modeler, should have more dynamics and less latency and sound more ... authentic.
Thanks everyone!
Last edited by StefanoGhirardo; 10-18-2024 at 01:35 PM.
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