What I ment with the ground leg on the pot was donŽt conect it to same ground as the rca terminals are conected to. Sorry if that was miss-understood

IŽd check for solder brigdes first and like the good doctor sugested

if you have the ground running to the ground of the rca inputs or out puts then I sugest isolaiting the rcaŽs from the chassy and star grounding the ground leg. Lastly IŽd try turning the rca interconects around or trying a differnt pair :) this could be the sorce talking over the ground through the interconects ???