I had radio pickup when I bought a Naim Superline phonostage, mostly in Russian. A 1nf loading plug (in parallel with the resistive load) reduced the level to where I could live with it but I could never eliminate it until I swapped out the steel framed rack for one made largely of wood, I can only hypothesise that the old rack was acting like an aerial element and focusing the signal but I’d tried earthing it to no avail.
At wits' end with radio through the speakers!
Hi, i am hoping for some creative ideas here ...
I have "upgraded" to a tubed phono stage with Herron VTPH2A.
I can hear quite clearly radio in the background! Drives me nuts!
I tried:
2 more data points:
"old" Schiit Mani phono is quiet and cant hear the radio!
Thanks in advance!
I have "upgraded" to a tubed phono stage with Herron VTPH2A.
I can hear quite clearly radio in the background! Drives me nuts!
I tried:
- Moving TT.
- Moving preamp.
- Moving grounding cable.
- Upgraded phono cable (slight improvement but still very clear)
- Upgraded audio cables.
- Using Ground Control GC1 doo
- Inserting shorting plugs.
2 more data points:
"old" Schiit Mani phono is quiet and cant hear the radio!
Thanks in advance!
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I have noticed after purchasing a Manley Chinook SE MK2 I am hearing radio stations. However, it is only coming through when the tonearm is sitting on the tonearm rest. Once I lift it up it stops. In addition, like the original post my previous phono preamps did not experience this interference either. |
I had that problem when a local radio station moved its antenna a half mile from my house back in the 80’s. I could not get rid of the radio sound playing in the background no matter what I tried. I even tried shielded speaker cables. Lucky for me the station folded within 6 months and about 3 years later their antenna was dismantled. There are new houses where the radio station used to be now. |
Thanks everyone for the responses! so: Digital stage (Auralic, Chord) are quiet as a mouse. Phono cable is shielded: Cardas Clear Sygnus. Talked to Keith Herron. Indeed very approachable and helpful guy. His suggestion is the shielded cables. One thing i will try now is Clip-on Ferrite Ring i saw in one of the forums. Cheap enough. The last option is to move to West Virginia ! :) |
Oh brother. I have the exact same problem(not with a Herron) and no matter what I’ve tried from everybody I’ve spoken to nothing helps. SS or tube. It suddenly started one day and I wonder if some sort of magnetic field developed in my large apartment building that I can do nothing about short of moving which is impossible. Digital is fine. Analog is no longer viable. |