Radio Hum


I just hooked up a pair of conrad-johnson Premier 8A monoblocks to a c-j PV-11 preamp, and I have a wicked hum, even a zero volume, in only the right channel, and it is picking up a radio station. I have changed and moved speaker wires and interconnects to no avail, though it does get better and worse with movement. It will not happen in the other channel. What am I missing? What else should I check? Is something wrong with my preamp, cables, power supply???

Thanks, Brian.
bkrpdx

Showing 1 response by jea48

To rule out the problem is the right channel monoblock plug the interconnect from the left channel of the preamp into the right channel input of the amp.

No hum/buzz the amp is ok.

You said you tried a different interconnect on the right channel, correct?

The loud hum/buzz/radio station could be caused by an open signal ground connection on the output side of the right channel of the preamp. An open ground at the input of an IC could cause the same problem. (The ground return could be broken on the outer shell of the IC plug at the preamp output end.)