Ground loop feedback


Recently, I switched amps from Krell 450mxc to Lamm M1.2. Upon hooking them up, I found that I had a ground loop on my system causing a fairly audible hum in my speakers. Since, I have tried everything to eliminate this noise. No success yet!

As background, an Equitech panel that is remote delivers all power to the system. There are separate circuits to each amp along with separate circuits to my front end (DCS stuff on a filtered circuit and an analog EQ is on a separate unfiltered circuit). This ground loop did not occur at all with the Krell equipment.

I have tried the following to rectify the situation:
-Lifted the grounds (with cheater plugs) on each amp and grounded the amps separately (they have ground lugs) to the same ground.
-Lifted the grounds (with cheater plugs) on each amp and grounded the amps separately to the same ground back to the receptacle where the DCS equipment is plugged in to.
-Plugged the amps into a separate (house) circuit that is common between the two amps.

I guess I can try a couple of more fixes, but at this point I’m not sure much is going to help. One thing that I have noticed is that when the interconnects are connected to the amps, even if they are not plugged into the front end (DCS), the problem is much worse.

Does anyone have experience with this problem and what have you done (tried) to do to fix it.

(This problem is occuring with Wilson Speakers and Transparent cables, both speaker and interconnects)
cgeoly
Have figured it out. Problem was with the EQ and its interaction with the new amps. Once the EQ was grounded, problem solved!
The first step would be moving and separating all the power cords and IC's. Often, it is that simple.
So you have a ground loop with nothing connected to the input of the amps? If so amp needs service. My rogue zeus did that was fine with input connected. When I unplugged the input i got a loud humm. Ended up being input cable and caps. Must have gotten jarred loose in transit.
Are you sure it is a ground loop? Perhaps the amps just hum.

Go to Radio shack and get 2 RCA connectors. Short the center connection to the ground connection with a clip lead or paperclip or something. Or cut a cheap interconnect, strip it back a little and twist both wires together. Plug them into the input of the amp and turn it on with nothing else plugged in except the speaker. If it still hums it is the amp.

What is "fairly audible?" Can you hear hear it at the listening position. How close do you have to get to the speaker to hear it?
what other equipment do you have connected? Do you have a TV Cable connected in the system?
Have you tried starting with the amps/preamp only, and adding other equipment (eg, cd player) one at a time to see which one brings the ground loop?