Ground loop b/w amp and phono stage


I recently bought the Ayon Triton integrated and when it is connected to my phono stage, Pass Labs XP-15, there is a major buzz coming through the speakers which increases as you turn up the volume. You can even hear it through the music when played at high volume. Needless to say, I'm not playing vinyl at the moment. But when I used the CD player, there is no buzz at all. It's only there on the input which the phono is connected to.

I have used cheater plugs, cheap cables with the ground removed, I've connected the amp directly into the wall plug, I switched from unbalanced to balanced interconnects, and am currently out of ideas. The Pass worked perfectly with my previous solid state mcintosh gear.
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Showing 1 response by ct0517

Read through the posts - not sure this test was tried.

Turn everything on system as if ready to play lps. (amp/preamp/phono stage if any /TT).

Put system on mute. Put volume/gain knob at lowest point.

With the platter NOT TURNING lower the needle onto the lead groove of an lp.

Take system off mute and start to slowing turn up volume until the noise is audible.

Now start to move the phono cables slowly . Move them up / down / sideways.

Is there a change to how loud or quiet the noise gets ?

If YES you are getting interference from other sources onto your cables.

See if moving them abit helps.

If not you will have to reposition them or maybe move your TT.

Let me know if this helps.

Cheers Chris