Best Tube to eliminate RFI


I have narrowed down an RFI problem in my system to the amp. It is not volume sensitive but unique to the right channel (channel nearest the outside wall of our apt). I changed pre-amp tubes from chinese stock to Mullard military grade and Siemens. Listening to the local college radio station when I want to hear nothing is annoying.

Short of shielding the whole amp with a grounded copper mesh any comments on the best tubes (anti-nuclear attack?) that might mitigate this problem?

system:
Jolida 302a integrated
Rega Planet CDP
Castle Acoustics Richmonds

Merci a l’avance.
keithcady

Showing 2 responses by rcprince

While not the world's most technically adept guy, I can't see how any tubes could be causing your problem; they're only amplifying a signal, and this isn't microphonics from your description. Bob bundus' suggestions are a good place to start; perhaps switching speaker cable leads could tell you if perhaps one of them is acting as an antenna? I had an Audio Matiere amp in my home for audition once and had a similar problem I couldn't solve with line conditioners, Versa Woodblocks, ferrites or the like; one friend of mine thought it could be a grounding problem within the amp, but since it wasn't mine I didn't follow up on that one. You might ask your Jolida dealer about that, though. Good luck!
Interesting, Albert, as I've never had a tube pick up RF--glad I saw your post, guess I've been lucky. Keithcady, do you have separate small signal tubes for each channel, perhaps if not in the preamp section maybe the amplifier section (I'm not familiar with the Jolida's circuit)? If so, switching them could probably tell you if the tube is causing the problem.