Transparent Cable Humming


I have a pair of Transparent Music Link Plus cables hooked up to my Thorens TD 126 MKIII and McIntosh MA2275. I get a fairly loud humming noise in one channel. I switched the cables to the standard cheap ones and voila! no more noise.

I returned the cables to my retailer for another pair since we both assumed that the cables were defective.

The replacement set has the same problem. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!
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Showing 1 response by dgarretson

Greg, have you tried rerouting all downstream ICs and power cords, or shifting the components or wiring a few feet away from AC wall power, AC conditioner, or other AC transformers? IME EMI/RFI that seems to be entering at the tonearm wire or phono IC can enter elsewhere and pop out in the most unexpected manner.