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.
