chromadream
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Thanks everyone for the replies!
I guess the sound is kind of a static sound, not crazy loud. I describe it as “bubbles” because it ebbs and flows, gets worse, gets less worse.
Touching the tonearm with my hand makes it worse, especially on the carbon area of the arm.
Cartridge is Ortofon Black LVB 250….
I removed the Zstage from equation - interference is lessened, until I touch the tonearm.
When I turn off phono stage, no hum/interference.
Swapped turntable power cables, no change.
Swapped tonearm cables, no change.
With tonearm cables unplugged, there is no hum/interference.
Connecting wire to ZP3, and touching tonearm does not do anything, but when I touch the tonearm with my hand, it does get significantly worse.
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“If you take a wire and touch both the negative RCAs (outside on the ZP3) to the ground post does that change the hum?”
It does not change when I do this.
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“Does the hum/bubbles chance when the stylus is on a record? Have you tried rerouting the cable paths?”
I don’t really hear it clearly when a record is playing, but I feel like it is buried in there. Whether it is or not, this will bother me because I will always be wondering if it is.
I did rearrange components somewhat, no change, but maybe they didn’t move far enough. I’m done for the day.
I’m actually not too impressed with this table, at least as of right now. It is pretty, I guess, though the platter came with all kinds of gunk on it, even though it was new. I’m coming from a VPI traveler that I had for maybe 9 years….. I would say that the Double X Neo is more resolving, but so far I am trying to justify the cost to sound difference, and it just isn’t there. Hopefully when/if I sort this out I will think differently.
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