Phono cables


I'm interested in trying some different phono cables but not sure what. I made a big change to my system recently and am now getting phono hum with many cables I have here except for Aural Thrills. Same turntable/ cartridge, but now hooked into a Luxman 590 axII integrated with built in phono stage. I had all separates before including a phono amp. I've tried several different Discovery cables, Cardas Golden Reference, a VPI phono cable, and some inexpensive Monster Cables. All produced hum. I might add, the hum came on only when the needle was placed on the record. Does anyone know what the Aural Thrills has or doesn't have in its makeup that cancels the hum? Any other product that is made similarly? It's not that I am unhappy with the sound from Aural Thrills, I just want to try some others for comparison. I don't want to just randomly buy cables and end up with hum again. I did already try several hum remedies that most are familiar with, i.e. cheater plugs, separate grounding wires to everything, moving components and wires around.

markpao

Hum is typically a ground loop or lack of ground... and could possibly be a bad RCA or ???...

I would first check all cables... make sure they are fully inserted to the receptacle. This includes 120v, RCA, etc. AND... the ground from the TT to the phono preamp (or preamp, if phono is built in) Also, check the tiny wires from tonearm.

If hum is still present... change RCA cables one at a time. You may have a bad solder joint or broken ground conductor.

As a last resort.. (in my opinion) you can try ungrounded 120v cables on grounded equipment.

 

I don't understand why you don't just use the Aural Thrills patch cords, quit obsessing and instead kick back and enjoy the music.

What cartridge? What turntable? Some cartridges interact with EMI from some TT motors, which is one of the only ways I can think of to have hum only when the stylus is in the grooves.