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RE: Ground loop/power conditioner question

I have the same problem. A power conditioner quieted the noise but didn't eliminate it. You used to be able to hear it from 6' away, now you have to put your ear up to the speaker. The remaining noise is caused by induction in one pair of my interconnects. I had a 2 meter run going to my DVD player. I found that the noise went away when the cables were unplugged from the pre-amp, regardless of whether or not the dvd player was connected at the other end. After little more investigating I noticed that the interconnects were running parallel with the BIG power cord from my line conditioner. Simply moving the interconnects away from the power cord solved the problem. In your case, since you are experiencing noise on multiple systems, I assume that the bulk of the noise you are hearing is due to dirty power, maybe a DC component in the A/C. I purchased the Monster Power HTS2600 for $300. I am not a big fan of Monster products but I didn't have a lot of money, and it worked.


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