Has anybody never been able to solve a hum static problem with a phono pre amp?


I have had for years now a hum/static problem with my phono pre amp. I have not been able to listen to analog for too long a time. Let us just say for years. I have localized it to the phono pre amp when it is just attached to the pre amp and amps. Nothing to do with the head amp and turntable. I have tried 3 different models and it is the same problem. I have tried every single piece of info I have found on  audiogon and the internet. Cheater plugs, giving it its own socket, grounding it to every piece of equipment, moving it away from system, moving router, making sure connectors are shielded... I have even had two turntable experts from the NY tri state metro area come over and they cannot figure it out. This was not the case when I got it initially. It was dead quiet. But I changed my setup from a Toshiba black box to a flat screen TV and that’s when the problem started. That’s how long it has been. But to be honest I had that black box long after people had switched to flat screens. TV wasn’t that important to me. I sometimes think at the same time somebody in my apartment building or surrounding dense city area put up an antenna and it is causing interference about which I can do nothing. As I said I live in a large apartment building so I cannot rewire.

Has anybody else not been able to resolve this problem and had to give up on analog? Digital is perfect. It is so unfortunate because vinyl has an intoxicating compelling sound like nothing else.

roxy1927

@roxy1927 Again, you need to list the equipment you're using and also how its connected and located. 

As I said I believe it has nothing to do with the turntable because I have isolated it to just the phono stage the pre amp and amp.

Now the turntable worked fine with the old TV.

 

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Koetsu Blue Lace Platinum

Phono stage? And when you tried balanced mode, was the preamp truly balanced circuit wise? Or did you just use XLR connectors? Anyway, picking up broadcasts is classic for RFI. Could be coming through the wiring in your apartment or over the air from the next apartment. As Atmasphere implied twice, the more details you provide, the more helpful will be the response you get. Think about whether something else changed around the time you changed TVs. Does this happen if you completely unplug the TV? Not just off but unplugged?

@thecarpathian +1

I do not get it where the mystery is supposed to lay.  Based on OP description the TV is the culprit.