Humm from phono but not dc or aux ?


Can you give me any suggestions do I need dedicated lines and high end outlets, getting a faint RF !!!

thx 

analoghaven

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have to turn it up to 12 o’clock hear faint Radio station actually too low

to even make out what they are saying.

But that’s way louder that I would ever listen to just past 9 o’clock is abut the limit.

At last! This level of noise is not uncommon. It is way below normal groove noise of even a very quiet record. If you have to do this to hear it when no music is playing then no way you are hearing it during music. You can knock yourself out trying to eliminate what is already effectively functionally inaudible noise if you want. Already told you how to go about that.

Only thing left to add, this is exactly why I always tell people my #1 requirement in a tone arm is integral phono leads. Every connection is an opportunity for signal degradation and noise like this. Sometimes even slightly wiggling or moving a phono lead will completely eliminate it- or make it magnitudes worse.

Live and learn.

Eliminating faint levels of noise in a phono stage comes down to methodically checking and testing every single thing involved, trying lots of things to see what works. Faint white noise could be anything from a slightly dirty cartridge pin that looks good, to the way the phono lead is routed, or another wire routed nearby, to even things like lights or appliances. It could even be what you have is pretty normal. Phono almost never is dead silent like digital. But this is why I asked how faint? You still haven’t told us.