My guess is it was Almarg, who often suggests Jensen products and always offers sage, well grounded advice. Glad it worked! I may try the parts xpress version on my cable inputs in my house too.
Annoying Hum SOLVED
For the past 4-5yrs I've always had some kind of hum on my front L/R speakers. Tried everything from disconnect/connect everything, cleaned connections, switched cables, etc.
Last summer I tried Ebtech's X Hum Filter. I tried plugging it in everything (hahah insert funny joke here), but no luck. I did hear a slight improvement when plugged into my cable box. I original knew it was coming from tv, but wasn't sure if it was my ancient Mitsu 40" tube or the cable box. I wasn't going to drop another $50 for second one since the first one didn't improve that much.
Then I found the an old thread here back that dated back to 2003 or so. Someone recommended the Jensen transitor filter that went between the cable box and the coax source of the cable. In the thread, someone said the hum was from the cable source and that there was a bad ground. Sure enough, this was it. I did not buy the Jensen since I didn't want to drop another $50. Did a little research and started with the Dayton Audio $10 version from PartsXpress. It was recommended that if this worked but caused signal dropout to try the Jensen. No need. All these years, a $10 part finally fixed it!!! I haven't been so excited to listen to my setup. I actually haven't my HT setup in 3yrs due to the hum. Now that I'm listening, getting the itch to upgrade my receiver.
Reason why I started this thread was because I couldn't find the original thread to thank the person who lead me down the path of looking into the Jensen filter. Whoever you are, THANK YOU!!!
I hope this thread helps others who are experiencing the same issue. Dang, cable companies I tell ya :)
Last summer I tried Ebtech's X Hum Filter. I tried plugging it in everything (hahah insert funny joke here), but no luck. I did hear a slight improvement when plugged into my cable box. I original knew it was coming from tv, but wasn't sure if it was my ancient Mitsu 40" tube or the cable box. I wasn't going to drop another $50 for second one since the first one didn't improve that much.
Then I found the an old thread here back that dated back to 2003 or so. Someone recommended the Jensen transitor filter that went between the cable box and the coax source of the cable. In the thread, someone said the hum was from the cable source and that there was a bad ground. Sure enough, this was it. I did not buy the Jensen since I didn't want to drop another $50. Did a little research and started with the Dayton Audio $10 version from PartsXpress. It was recommended that if this worked but caused signal dropout to try the Jensen. No need. All these years, a $10 part finally fixed it!!! I haven't been so excited to listen to my setup. I actually haven't my HT setup in 3yrs due to the hum. Now that I'm listening, getting the itch to upgrade my receiver.
Reason why I started this thread was because I couldn't find the original thread to thank the person who lead me down the path of looking into the Jensen filter. Whoever you are, THANK YOU!!!
I hope this thread helps others who are experiencing the same issue. Dang, cable companies I tell ya :)
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