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Cable Ground Isolator & HD compatibility

So I'm getting the dreaded hum due to a ground loop. It's definitely the Cable TV connection. However, the only connection into my audio gear is via an Audioquest 75 ohm digital interconnect into AV receiver, which is separate from my main 2-channel setup. I only have hum problems when I connect the cables between the AV receiver and my 2-channel preamp (for the main channels).

So here's the question(s): I could isolate the ground at the RF cable coming into my High Definition cable box, but then I hear stories about bandwidth and HD compatibility problems. I could also isolate the ground on the 75 ohm digital cable, since that's the only one going to the AV receiver (and causing the loop with electrical ground). However, I would then worry about making other connections in the future and restarting the whole problem.

HELP?....
murphthelab
bundy
127 posts
 
http://www.jensen-transformers.com/

Go to here. They make ground-loop breakers rated at the higher bandwith that Digital Cable requires for proper signal transfer.

I have one on my HDTV and it solved my hum and works without hitch.
hugh_campbell
6 posts
 
You can also go to the following site for the "Magic Box" which I have ahead of my HD cable box. It stopped the hum and made no difference in my cable boxes performance. Price is $99 plus shipping.

http://store.klipsch.com/details.asp?prodID=9
murphthelab OP
21 posts
 
Thanks. I just bought & installed the little isolator from Jensen ($60). I think it's called the MRD-1FF or something like that. Everything works great: digital cable, high-definition, and the hum is gone from my now-combined audio/video system. The Cablevision digital music sounds pretty good pumped into my high-end audio gear (relatively speaking).
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