demarco Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 So the weirdest thing happened to me last night. I just recently moved to a new place and hooked up my sony turntable to the pre-amp and then the pre-amp to the receiver. When I did this, turned on the pre-amp and then the receiver, I was picking up a foreign radio station. This used to happen with my guitar amp at certain venues but never with a turntable. I tried a bunch of methods of different outlets and finally realized if I picked up the rca cable off the floor (it's 12 feet long) the radio noise went away.. So I switched out that rca cable with a smaller better cable and had no interference. Is there a specific kind of rca cable that will avoid grounding issues ex. gold plated? I was in fear the pre-amp was picking up something because it only happened when the pre-amp was on. Has anyone had a similar situation with a different grounding problem relating to turntables? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salparadise Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 this happened to me when i was a kid on an old stereo system that had the radio, 8track, and turntable on top. every time i used the turntable, if someone was on the house phone, it would pick it up. it was creepy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdwell Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 just poor RFI shielding in your cable...the longer the cable-run the more RFI you get...Shorter cables are always better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcm1610 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 This happened to me the other day, but only once. I was switching records and I heard a radio station so I turned up the speakers and listened for a second. I haven't heard it since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qskapunk Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 close your blinds and don't go outside, the CIA is closing in on you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtw88 Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 close your blinds and don't go outside, Lucille Ball is closing in on you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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