I cannot say exactly what the difference was in my system with TT/phono hum, but I was able to use 4 different phono stages. 2 of them had the hum trouble, 2 didn't. The 2 that didn't were both tube phono preamps. The 2 with hum were SS. Not that it makes any real sense to me. Might have been a coincidence.
It just leads me to believe that there is something in the matching of equipment. I bet that the 2 problem phono preamps sounded just fine with the 'right' system.