I remember this in the Mark 1, but I thought it would be long gone by the time the Mark 2 came out.

I get no noise whatsoever when I plug in my (er... actually it used to be YOUR) mark 1 unit at home.

Unless of course I have the Empeg's volume almost down to nothing and have the stereo cranked to nosebleed levels. At that point, the Empeg's noise floor can be heard, but then again so would the noise floor of any piece of audio equipment. Your Empeg should be at 0db when playing at home... is it?

Since we're talking about the same exact unit, and I'm having no trouble but you're reporting the same trouble with both this unit as well as your new Mk2, perhaps it's time to check the home stereo equipment and look at it (or your cabling) as a possible source of the problem? Not to accuse your equipment and point fingers or anything... but how sure are you that it's the Empeg?

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Tony Fabris