Hello,
I purchased the American DJ Quad phase a couple days ago and it arrived this afternoon. I plugged it in and I must say, it is a gorgeous fixture, with crisp beams, great colors and smooth movement.
Anyway, the unit is quite loud. There are two separate sounds.
The stepper motor is a bit on the loud side. You can hear the gears engage as it spins the internal mirror unit. It is loud enough to hear over moderate volume from my PA (2800 watts of power, not cranked up, of course). This sound is only present when the motor is moving the internal mirrors. I kinda anticipated this sound. It is reasonably tolerable.
The second sound was evident from the moment the unit was powered up. It is a high-pitched whine. A rather loud, very high-pitched, ear painful frequency.
It began before the unit even engaged the motor or emmited light and continues until it is unplugged.
This sounds could be heard even after turning my PA up considerably because it is such a high-frequency sound that it occupied a range my music/PA isn’t even producing.
I tried plugging the unit into a couple different repecticles in case it was due to a power source.
Thoughts on the sound? Is this normal?
DJ Wav
Andrew Holmes
Bentonville, AR
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