All of a sudden getting a hum in my system?

Make sure the VPI and the Manley are properly grounded, including the tonearm and turntable bearing hub. tubes are very sensitive to grounding issues. If everything else is grounded properly, try a cheater plug on the Chinook.

I agree with Jmcgrogan2. You probably are looking at a grounding issue (or possibly some other weird thing on the circuit).

If all was well with the Chinook for three months and you have not moved anything around in the system (because, if so, perhaps a solder joint broke loose or something like that), I'd actually look towards something that may have recently been plugged into the circuit elsewhere in the house.

Hums dont magically appear in a system that was non-humming system for 3 months. Like I said, if you moved components around, then maybe I could see it. Otherwise, you may have something else dirty on the line a few rooms over.

The hail-mary longshot is that something in the Chinook has gone bad (a tube, etc) but that is unlikely, IMO.

BTW, good luck with resolving this. My biggest pet-peeve with ANY system is noise. It drives me crazy, even if it is really slight. Sure, I may not be able to hear it with the music on, but just knowing it is there ticks me off.

Do you have cable television plugged into your system? I had some hum going on, and when I unplugged the cable, it disappeared. I then added an inline ground to the cable coax, and it made it go away.

Thanks for the responses.Everything seems to be grounded properly. I have not moved anything or plugged something into another circuit. My home theater system is in another room and I do not have cable. I am taking the Chinook to a friends today to see if it hums when connected to another system.I will talk to a Manley Labs tech before experimenting with cheater plugs or RCA shorting plugs.