Since this section of the forum seems to be somewhat dormant I am not sure if anyone will see this post, especially with the holidays coming up, but I figured I would give it a try.
I recently purchased a Class 5 (C5-01 model) from a friend of mine. This is my second Class 5. The first was one of the originals (one of the green ones) and had major rattling issues that could not be resolved. Because of the rattling I got rid of that amp.
My new Class 5 sounds good but I have noticed that it is noisy when in 5 watt mode, even with the volume turned down (and by turned down I mean almost off). The noise is noticeable but does not increase as the volume is turned up, at least not until I hit about 3 o'clock and then the noise becomes significantly louder. I am not so concerned with that as I doubt I will ever be using the amp when turned up that high. It is the noise at low levels that are the issue.
Is this noise normal for this amp? It has been quite a while since I owned my first Class 5 so I cannot remember if that one was noisy or not. When in low power mode the amp is dead silent - this is only happening on the normal 5 watt mode.
Just curious if anyone else has noticed this with theirs and am wondering if anyone might have an idea what could be causing this?