i have posted here a bit about the hum in my system. its all home made, except the Turntable but i have fooled with that enough not be sure of its intentions. So i really could never figure out where the problem came from.
I have had a periodic "hum" and it has been a major source of frustration. I thought ground loop. So i spend many many hours changing stuff to no avail.
I figured that given it was a MC phono stage and it was all valves then it would just hum a bit, But sometimes it would get REALLY loud in one channel and not the other. Weird stuff i couldn't explain
Well today i installed a new cart. Same as before, Denon 103.
Perfect quiet. I mean black inky nothing. It wasn't the wiring, i changed that many times. It must have been the Cart. WTF? I guess there was something amiss with insides of the old 103? I cannot believe the difference. Its quiet. Its nice. At peace with myself
I have had a periodic "hum" and it has been a major source of frustration. I thought ground loop. So i spend many many hours changing stuff to no avail.
I figured that given it was a MC phono stage and it was all valves then it would just hum a bit, But sometimes it would get REALLY loud in one channel and not the other. Weird stuff i couldn't explain
Well today i installed a new cart. Same as before, Denon 103.
Perfect quiet. I mean black inky nothing. It wasn't the wiring, i changed that many times. It must have been the Cart. WTF? I guess there was something amiss with insides of the old 103? I cannot believe the difference. Its quiet. Its nice. At peace with myself