Ground loop hum


My technics turntable developed a ground loop hum when I got a new preamp Rogue RP7 and power amp Aesthetix Atlas.  I had a ground wire connected to the turntable and grounded it to each, one after the other when the first had no effect. Neither did the second grounding. It has been suggested I ground it to both at the same time which I haven’t tried yet. Any other suggestions?  I am running the system from two dedicated 20 amp lines. Running Vandersteen Quatro wood ct speakers.  Thanks in advance. 

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Showing 2 responses by ghdprentice

Congratulations! Glad to hear you found it. 

This is one of the great reasons to post your system under virtual systems. I bet this would have been recommended very quickly if someone had seen photos of your system. Words unfortunately only identify the things you focus on... while a photo will show things you may not have thought of. 

Do you have parts of your system plugged into a different duplex receptacle from the rest? That can create a ground loop. Plug everything into one (you'll have to use a power conditioner or power strips). If it goes away... that the problem. I had one long ago. I put in two direct lines and obviously that fixed it.