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Hum from one set of IC, but not another

Hi all,

Question: I recently put in a new pair of Clear Day Holograph IC's from the Pro-ject 5.1 SE tt to the LSA Integrated. Before I was running an ancient pair of Monster Cable IC's.

There's a definite ground hum coming from the speakers with the Clear Days, but not with the Monsters.

Any ideas why?
simao

Showing 2 responses by czarivey

czarivey
5,946 posts
 
Check all of your clips in place just in case.
Other than that, at least one of your wires has ground fault.
Try to use 1 healthy Monster wire with 'unhealthy' Clear Day to ID which one is at fault.
Many hi-end wires are not done professionally and if you glance internally, chances you can find sloppy job are big.
czarivey
5,946 posts
 
CD player does not need shielded IC's and gain levels and so input sensitivity are different line from phono.
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