Thank you for all the information. Since I had never experienced that before I am glad to hear it can be explained by something other than: "Man, that tuner is fried!" I just purchased the tuner and haven't connected an external antenna, just some rabbit ears. It is also in the basement and was wondering if the omnidirectional ST-2 antenna from Dynalab would be a reasonable item. I don't have access to the attic but can place the antenna outside against the house.
FM frequencies cut out by CD player
How can these two phenomenon be related?
When I am listening to my Etude tuner and then turn on my Rega CD player, the stations from about 98.1 or so will be cut out completely, as if you are flipping a switch on a tape monitor. The lower frequencies become somewhat fuzzy but still come through. Both components are feeding into an Audible Illusions pre-amp. Also, when the pre-amp is switched to the CD while the tuner is on and you are between discs, you can very faintly hear the music from the tuner through the speakers.
Has anyone else ever heard anything like this? Any ideas??? (The cd player is mounted on a shelf about eight inches above the tuner and the pre-amp is about eight inches below the tuner.)
When I am listening to my Etude tuner and then turn on my Rega CD player, the stations from about 98.1 or so will be cut out completely, as if you are flipping a switch on a tape monitor. The lower frequencies become somewhat fuzzy but still come through. Both components are feeding into an Audible Illusions pre-amp. Also, when the pre-amp is switched to the CD while the tuner is on and you are between discs, you can very faintly hear the music from the tuner through the speakers.
Has anyone else ever heard anything like this? Any ideas??? (The cd player is mounted on a shelf about eight inches above the tuner and the pre-amp is about eight inches below the tuner.)