DC, i bought a pair of Goertz interconnects for a song for the very reason that you mention. The previous owner had a hum that he could never get rid of. He replace components, other cables, etc... and never suspected the Goertz. He finally tried some other ( balanced ) cables in their place and WHAMMO !!!, the problem was gone. He simply thought that the cables were "incompatible" with his components or that he was in a high RF area and was picking up noise. He thought that it was the balanced design that had cured his problem, not the fact that he had a defective cable.
As it turns out, i measured the cables when i first got them ( hey, i'm a tech by trade ). I found that one end had a resistive ( poor ) connection. Resoldered it and everything has been fine ever since. I contacted him to tell him about what i had found and that's when he relayed the above story to me.
To make a LONG story short, the Goertz cables need to be properly prepped when being manufactured. Quite possibly, someone was in a hurry and did not completely remove the insulation fully and soldered on top of it. You might have had a "resistive" connection that has become brittle or broken loose with flexing. I would have someone that is a VERY competent solderer touch up all of the connections inside the RCA's using a VERY hot solder station. A Weller with an 800* tip works fabulously.
Stereophile just used some of the Goertz cables for a review last month and commented that they were quite phenomenal in terms of resistance to RFI and outside interference. The reviewer lives very close to several high powered transmitters and specifically stated how clean and quiet there were with no signal applied. Don't give up hope without at least trying my suggestion first. Sean
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As it turns out, i measured the cables when i first got them ( hey, i'm a tech by trade ). I found that one end had a resistive ( poor ) connection. Resoldered it and everything has been fine ever since. I contacted him to tell him about what i had found and that's when he relayed the above story to me.
To make a LONG story short, the Goertz cables need to be properly prepped when being manufactured. Quite possibly, someone was in a hurry and did not completely remove the insulation fully and soldered on top of it. You might have had a "resistive" connection that has become brittle or broken loose with flexing. I would have someone that is a VERY competent solderer touch up all of the connections inside the RCA's using a VERY hot solder station. A Weller with an 800* tip works fabulously.
Stereophile just used some of the Goertz cables for a review last month and commented that they were quite phenomenal in terms of resistance to RFI and outside interference. The reviewer lives very close to several high powered transmitters and specifically stated how clean and quiet there were with no signal applied. Don't give up hope without at least trying my suggestion first. Sean
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