Disappointment with Pro-Ject...


It seems I'm late to the party on this one,  but my Project Debut Carbon Espirit SB has that dreaded ground hum issue, that I wasn't aware of when I purchased it.  I figured oh...maybe it's my surge protector...nope.  possibly my interconnects?  Nope.   New ground wire? Nope.  Different phono preamp? Nope.  And what sealed the deal was hooking up my old JVC hunk of junk deck I had lying around, and while it doesnt sound very good, it did not hum.   

I'm already a few months out, so can't return it.  Wouldn't feel right selling it with this issue  to fund something different like a Rega (which I should have just spent the extra money in hindsight for a P3) and it's a shame...it sounds lovely...it really does. but I'm at a loss and don't know where to go from here...I've tried every trick I've seen on every forum and nothing has remedied the issue.  Hate the feeling that I've wasted over 500 dollars on a defective product.  (Well, closer to 700, but the Ortofon 2m Blue I feel was worth the extra money!)

Any ideas or solutions?  I feel like I've tried everything!
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Showing 1 response by uberwaltz

I also had a strange experience with a project debut table relating to hum.
In my system it was very noticeable even at low volume, in exactly the same setup both a Teac tn200 and funk firm vector v gave absolute ink black silence so not just the setup.
But here is where it gets even odder.
My daughter wanted a vinyl setup so as I had not sold the project (like the OP I did not want to pass along a possibly faulty unit to somebody else), i thought I would give it another try.
All she had was a wall mounted soundbar connected to her multipurpose PS3 (BLURAY, CD. YOUTUBE, PANDORA ETC). the soundbar had rca inputs as well as the dig in she was using.
so bought an el cheapo phono pre from ebay and gave it a try.
in this setup there was just a very faint trace of hum at high volume but at sane levels there was nothing discernible at all.
so one happy daughter and now not $350 wasted after all.
one reason could be there is no other major electronic equipment anywhere near the table in her setup at all?