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Hi there. Did you ever get anywhere with this? It seems like a valid mod and one that I'd like to do too, now that my amp's out of warranty. In fact I've got a number of mods I'd like to do to mine, from porting it to opening the back or sides, to adding tone controls, to eliminating that bloody his...

And now, apparently, the new BEAM models hiss too. Can't we find an electronics guru out there who can explain what causes this hiss and we can start modding. In fact, are there any mods on this forum for the ID Cores? I have a two year old ID Core10 and would love to start chopping it about now. Ar...

Yep. I came to the same conclusion. There seems no rational reason for this hiss; they are supposed to be HiFi quality speakers. Blackstar did answer my query about this, simply stating that it was normal!

Blackstar tell me this is a known issue which only came to light this week. A fix is on its way.

Thanks sonofa..... Interesting link. I'm going to look at ALL my household appliances now!

Quick update. Ollie from Blackstar saw this post and was concerned enough to pm me and sort out lots of questions. Thanks Ollie. The general advice from Blackstar is, as I suspected, that removing the back could seriously reduce the bass response considering the sizes of the full spectrum stereo spe...

Great links and valuable info. I'll check my old and replacement ones again. All I knew was that there had been 'issues'.

Anyone know why we've been sent free replacement kettle leads for our ID Core amps? I was having no problems with my first one other than that flippin' buzzy hum but that's still there. All I know is that Blackstar were having 'issues' but there is no mention of a product recall on the website.

I don't like the fact that the online community shared patches have been mostly kindly shared by Core amp owners who have carefully found their sound by a balance of effects and the TVP control. Since ID Core amps don't have this facility the patches will not sound right on ID Core amps. Would it be...

Recently wondered whether I could improve the boxy sound of these ID Core amps and fancied seeing if cutting out the back was possible. Having messaged Blackstar on this issue and a number of others and never having received a single reply I decided that my only option was to take a look inside the ...