At wits' end with radio through the speakers!


Hi, i am hoping for some creative ideas here ...

I have "upgraded" to a tubed phono stage with Herron VTPH2A.

I can hear quite clearly radio in the background! Drives me nuts!

I tried:
  1. Moving TT.
  2. Moving preamp.
  3. Moving grounding cable.
  4. Upgraded phono cable (slight improvement but still very clear)
  5. Upgraded audio cables.
  6. Using Ground Control GC1 doo
  7. Inserting shorting plugs.
My system: LP12 clone with aluminum plinth, SME V, DC motor and Dynavector XX2mk2 cart.

2 more data points:

"old" Schiit Mani phono is quiet and cant hear the radio!

Thanks in advance!



fuzzypoodle
I had a bad interconnect (connected from amp to tubed phonostage) which was picking up radio interference. Switched with identical interconnects connected to streamer, no interference after that.  Didn't affect the performance of the streamer at all.  Assume maybe damaged shielding - not certain.
I had that problem when a local radio station moved its antenna a half mile from my house back in the 80’s.  I could not get rid of the radio sound playing in the background no matter what I tried. I even tried shielded speaker cables.  Lucky for me the station folded within 6 months and about 3 years later their antenna was dismantled.  There are new houses where the radio station used to be now. 
I once had this and used a handful of "rf coils" that snapped onto the rca cables. The things were a little less than an inch long and I just put them at random places on the phono cables. It fixed my issue
The ferrite rings might help. Let us know. Short of moving to West Virginia, you might try enclosing your phono stage in a sort of faraday box. It’s impractical to do a true faraday box, but you might encase it in shielding as much as that is possible without hindering your access.
I have noticed after purchasing a Manley Chinook SE MK2 I am hearing  radio stations. However, it is only coming through when the tonearm is sitting on the tonearm rest. Once I lift it up it stops. 

In addition, like the original post my previous phono preamps did not experience this interference either.