Great discussion great input great diagnostics
Another "kinda-newbie" head scratcher
No matter what Phonostage I use, no matter which cartridge or cables, I get an annoying distortion sound from my speakers kind of like the sound of AM in between stations if anyone here is old enough to remember that sound. Doesn't happen on the digital side.
Any ideas?
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I had your exact issue with a sensitive tube preamp. Traced it to the powerline ethernet adapter. I tried moving the adapter to a more distant outlet, using a long (~25 foot) ethernet cable, but still had the problem. I concluded that it was the modulation of the powerline. It might work with the powerline adapter on the other phase, but it's rare to find both phases in the same room. If you have coax TV cable, you might look into using the ScreenBeam MoCA Adapter which sends ethernet over the RG6 or RG59 TV cable. I found this did not have noise spill over to the preamp. Maybe it will work in your situation. |
Hello Eric! If you have a Grado cartridge with a replaceable stylus (needle) the mount for the stylus actully completes a magnetic path and has a bit of magnetic cream on the edges of the mount that is easily scraped off in handeling the replacement. If that material is not intact, it can cause the problem you are experiencing. I speak from experience, but it was a very long time ago. Good Luck! |
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