Phono cables


I'm interested in trying some different phono cables but not sure what. I made a big change to my system recently and am now getting phono hum with many cables I have here except for Aural Thrills. Same turntable/ cartridge, but now hooked into a Luxman 590 axII integrated with built in phono stage. I had all separates before including a phono amp. I've tried several different Discovery cables, Cardas Golden Reference, a VPI phono cable, and some inexpensive Monster Cables. All produced hum. I might add, the hum came on only when the needle was placed on the record. Does anyone know what the Aural Thrills has or doesn't have in its makeup that cancels the hum? Any other product that is made similarly? It's not that I am unhappy with the sound from Aural Thrills, I just want to try some others for comparison. I don't want to just randomly buy cables and end up with hum again. I did already try several hum remedies that most are familiar with, i.e. cheater plugs, separate grounding wires to everything, moving components and wires around.

markpao

Showing 1 response by holmz

As an observation:

  1. If the previous components never hummed, then I am not sure an integrated was a step up. Is it better some other ways?
  2. If the Aural Thrills are the only cables that do not hum, then why try even more cables?

Alternatively if there is some cabling or grounding issue that can be fixed then it would likely help across the board if you have other sources than just a TT.