high frequency intermittent noise


I have a noise issue that is intermittent.  Here is what the noise sounds like:

https://clyp.it/4b233bmm

Here is what I know so far:
  • The sound affects all components and is compounded if all components are turned on.  I have turned off my preamp, phono preamp, leaving just my mono blocks on, and the noise still appears.
  • I have turned off everything and unplugged everything in the house including my dimmer switch, and the noise still appears.
  • I have a pair of pro-audio monitors, self powered with class AB amps, and when I plug those into the same outlet, I hear the same noise coming through the pro-audio monitor.  So this rules out my big system.
  • The noise is primarily during the day and goes into the evenings, weekends too, early mornings it does not appear.
  • I live in a pre-war mid-rise building.  I have no ground, I'm using a Nordost QKore grounding system.  This did reduce the noise floor quite a bit, but has no affect on this intermittent noise.
  • I have a cell phone tower directly across the street from my building in Manhattan.
  • Looking at a real time analyzer, I see peak at 2kHz when the noise appears.
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Make sure you look at a Furman with LiFT and SMP.

The SMP surge protection is, by design, a low pass filter. Unlike most other AC filters it works in the audible band, but not sure how low.

LiFT is active filtration. The one thing about Furman, they seem to have 100 different models, so be careful that the exact model you look at or test includes both.

Not sure about common mode noise, but most linear power transformers filter that out anyway.
James, one other thing to try, use an extension cord if you must, but maybe you have other AC lines which are less noisy, or perhaps a place in your apartment where the noise pickup is less?

Just throwing out ideas that are cheap. :)

But yeah, I like Furman for noise and value (especially if you can find them on sale!)


@erik_squires The Furman looks promising.  The P 2400 IT looks like the way to go.
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@jea48 The noise does present itself 24 hours a day randomly, it is only the early mornings ~ 4am to 11am it is not very frequent, but it does appear.  The building is 15 stories high.  I have already had 2 different electricians in, and they did not do anything.