How much dc offset is too much

Log in. Install the app. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. How much DC offset is too much? And how to place caps?

Thread starter gnd Start date Jun 23, Joined Jan 24, Messages Hi all. I'm wondering, for console channel, how much DC offset is too much? Is few milivolts ok to go without cap? I've been playing arround with one channel, and got idea to remove some caps between opamp stages. It seems I could just throw them all out, and still stay within few milivolts offset. Am I asking for trouble, or is it ok to kick those cheap suckers out?

Are caps at line inputs absolutely neccesary? Discussion in ' F. This site is supported by the advertisements on it, please disable your AdBlocker so we can continue to provide you with the quality content you expect. Welcome to Our Community Wanting to join the rest of our members? Sign Up. How much DC Offset is too much? Pedro Teixeira Member. Basically how much DC Offset is too much to have it removed? I was mixing a band and sent it to WaveLab and analyzing one track it detected 0.

I know this may seem really stupid as it is a stupid question but at what percentage is it "worriable"? Thanks, all. I can't really speak to how common or not a problem DC offset can be, though it does seem to be an issue for me.

And no clue how cheap or not the transformers in my Quicksilver and ModWright components are. They're well-respected builders, so I'm guessing they didn't cheap out. Like brubacca I seem to have crummy power in my place, so going to look into another CMX-2 or AVA Humdinger, maybe some other power conditioning units.

It seems that there's little possibility of damaging components with my crappy household power, but I'm exercising some caution the more I have invested in these units.

Mike likes this. Location: Portland, Oregon. Mike , Apr 5, Helom likes this. Yes, I was asking about DC on the mains. I'm okay with a little transformer hum. It doesn't bother me too much. My concern was whether--and it seems unlikely--crappy power in my apt building is doing any lasting damage to those saturating transformers and any other parts of the audio chain. This was also a general question about ways to clean up that DC on the mains, and I think I've gotten some good suggestions.

Ripblade , Apr 6, Mike and wbass like this. I'd solve the problem. It could be a problem developing and burning something in the near future.

Bill Ferris likes this. Just take it easy. Do it when you want to do it. I'm sure if you leave it alone, you won't relax and listen to it. You'll be thinking about those mV all the time.

Anything over 50mv can harm your speakers. I would not hook up any speakers I cared about to mv of DC offset. Messages: 6, Location: The Great Midwest. KentTeffeteller and Bill Ferris like this. You must log in or sign up to reply here. Show Ignored Content.

Share This Page Tweet. Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now.