Thanks! The noise is periodic and regular, every 8 minutes 30 seconds or so. Therefore, light bulbs, chargers, dimmers, thermostats etc are unlikely suspects. Turning off our wifi router, TVs and mobile phones etc is no help, the noise comes anyway. The noise sounds like wireless interference, it comes and goes a bit (but is not a radio station signal, more like a data packet burst).
Periodic noise
My system picks up noise every eight minutes. There is a kind of scratching mid-register ("ta-ra-ta-ta") sound that last for ten or fifteen seconds. It is similar to descriptions of "GSM buzz" but it happens regularly and regardless of whether our mobile phones are on or off. It happens when the analog source is selected, not other sources (or not obvious, in my system). It is very clear when the volume is mid-high, with no music playing. It is not from the cartridge and the tonearm cable, since it happens even when I disconnect them from the phono stage. When I disconnect the phono stage, however, I don't hear it. So it seems to be picked up from the phono stage itself. It happens across different phono stages. Shielding the cables with ferrite does not help much. It seems like a very strong signal.
Anyone recognizes this problem?
Anyone recognizes this problem?
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- 28 posts total