Jolida JD-100 New unit with bad HUM.....hum

Holy cow! My degree is in Mechanical engineering so naturally, if I can't see it I can't understand it! My head is still spinning after reading your detailed response. I'll just let it go and assume that my little 3-pronged vs. 2 pronged response was as helpful to you as my wife asking me if a sharper pencil would help me with a particular difficult kitchen remodel last year! I'm sure the rest of us are curious to know what your dealer has to say tomorrow. It really is too bad because the Jolida is one fine player in it's price range. Good luck.

The Chili came out great. Needless to say I ate to much. I doubt they will boot us for Chili recipes, although if it gives the powers that be indigestion.....Hehe.

If you're like me, I have neat and tidy little boxes with all my leftover goodies. See if you have a powercord without a ground (the original Yamaha PC) and give it a try. Essentially lifting the ground. Of course if you have chased a ground loop off from your turntable you will be well able to track this one down. The AC setup BTW, is much better than mine, I can understand your frustration after such painstaking preparation.

I assume both channels are humming, which rules out a tube failure. Unless they both failed (what are the odds) or a catastrophic failure effects both outputs (I dont know, maybe). You could try out different tubes. I presume with the Mod package that you got upgraded tubes, so you probably have the stock tubes.

After RF hum from the cable, ground loops, and fragged tubes, I begin to run out of ideas. I am sorry you're having this trouble. I agree with Mijknarf, once you get the ghost out of this machine, I think you will be very pleased.

As far as the Chili, its pretty much standard fare chunky style. I dice a couple of Jalepenos and saute them in olive oil in the bottom of the pot. Open a window if you try this. The fumes are distressful to say the least.

Tjtrout20...how 'bout an update?? What did you find out?