Disconnect you Cable (coax) and listen again and see if you system still hums... There are solutions for this... Line Conditions won't get rid of the ground hum.... Do a search for Ground Loops.
Power & line conditioners - One size fits all?
New house. 4 dedicated lines. Apparent ground loop issue. Looking for the least expensive way to fix it all. (ain't we all?)
My thinking is to install a 5 - 7 KVA, isolation transformer at the breaker box, and redirect the ded ckts from a sub panel, if I can shoehorn it into the wall, that is. (it's like 90 lbs.)
OF all the listed issues, the most irritation comes from a harshness in the mids. sometimes Vocals have an edge I just can't stand, mostly female. Music, no problem. Female singers, poor recordings, problem. All my gear is less than two years old. Anthem, Krell, B&W, Velodyne, etc.
I'm thinking all I'll need then is line conditioning for the front end. Right? That being said, which way do I go from here to achieve above average performance? Which "one" LC will do it all? Or is there just one?
No experience in the line conditioning deal. Not a lot of faith in it either, but after seeing all the rhetoric from people online & reviews, if indeed a gain in sonic quality is to be achieved, I'm all for it . . . eventually.
I'm looking for a slam dunk here. . . hopefully.
My thinking is to install a 5 - 7 KVA, isolation transformer at the breaker box, and redirect the ded ckts from a sub panel, if I can shoehorn it into the wall, that is. (it's like 90 lbs.)
OF all the listed issues, the most irritation comes from a harshness in the mids. sometimes Vocals have an edge I just can't stand, mostly female. Music, no problem. Female singers, poor recordings, problem. All my gear is less than two years old. Anthem, Krell, B&W, Velodyne, etc.
I'm thinking all I'll need then is line conditioning for the front end. Right? That being said, which way do I go from here to achieve above average performance? Which "one" LC will do it all? Or is there just one?
No experience in the line conditioning deal. Not a lot of faith in it either, but after seeing all the rhetoric from people online & reviews, if indeed a gain in sonic quality is to be achieved, I'm all for it . . . eventually.
I'm looking for a slam dunk here. . . hopefully.