Help with Humming

I had the same problem when I first connected my turntable. I finally got a plug strip and plugged everything related into the same outlet. I then took a "goofy green" ground wire of 14 gauge and attached it to everything. Worked for me.

I took the time to ohm everything out to be that everything was the way it was supposed to be.

Thats the problem with monster cables. If there was no monster in the cable, it couldn't hum. The least you could do is teach the monster the song, so he wouldn't have to hum it. :-)

You might try cutting those nasty sounding ends off the cable.

Personally I've had no luck in cutting the end off a cable. Every time I try it, there's still an end left...

JC the elder

come on guys..i need answers here not sillyness.

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You cut off the wrong end!

You have what is known as a "ground loop". There is enough current flowing in one or more shields to produce a 60 cycle voltage that's getting into the amplifier circuit. Make sure all "grounds" are to the same point. Sometimes dis-connecting the shield at one end of a cable will help.

Monster cables are no worse than any others. They do eat your money faster. When I worked with broadcast remotes, many years ago, we'd try "reversing the line plug", which often helped. With modern equipment, you can't do that, so it's important that there be no stray voltage on any of the grounds in the system. Put everything on the same circuit, and make sure the socket it's plugged into is wired correctly. Check for a good ground on the round socket hole, and make sure the hot and neutral are not reversed.

Hadn't thought of that. Cool.

JC the elder

I presume this only works for balanced lines. A turntable is likely to be an unbalanced phono connector and disconnecting the ground would be a disaster. Or am I missing something?

Bud--

you have a ground problem ,the gnds in the units are not compatable , check and see if one of the systems have a raise gnd. a good look at the schematics would make you aware of this. another way you could tell is to put a meter on the low side of the power cable and see if there is any resistance in it ,if so there is probably a raised gnd. and most likely a bad cap.that would account for the heating of the cable.