Need Help Combating Power Amp hum


I have a vintage Forte Model 5 power amp purchased used on Audiogon. It is a nice sounding amp, but is plagued with a constant, low level HUMMM which is just audible from my listening chair when the room is very quiet. I understand hum modulates/distorts the music which is undesirable.
My speakers are an MTM design with 90dB sensitivity (the other owner used Magnapans and didn't notice the hum).

The amp uses a toroidal power transformer and all the signal wires are routed carefully away from the power supply components. The hum occurs even when the inputs are shorted/disconnected, ruling out my other components. Power cord polarity and grounding were also checked.

Any ideas/techchniques to eliminate this hum?
chasmo

Showing 1 response by 24phun

sounds like you've got toroidal transformer hum - look for my thread titled "best tube pre for bryston 4BSST", where some folks put links to articles about this. I also made myself nuts doing away with it!
I still have some equipment with toroidals, and they are silent. But this one piece drove me CRAZY!