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White Noise

Can anyone help me eliminate the white noise coming through my front speakers when I use HT bypass mode. I have a Marantz SR 5011 AV receiver running my center and rears speakers. The Marantz is connected to my Jeff Rowland Corus preamp because I want my Jeff Rowland amp to drive my front speakers when watching movies/TV. When I'm listening to music through my 2-channel everything is dead silent. When I'm watching movies or TV and employ the HT bypass I hear a significant amount of white noise coming through my front speakers. Can anyone tell me why and how to eliminate it?
ricred1
ricred1 OP
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I fixed it!
1) I reached out to Marantz today and for the first time they told me to run a wire from the ground on back of the 7002 mk II to a screw on the chassis. That reduced some of the noise.

bob_reynolds,
2) I took your advice...THANKS! I borrowed a balanced cable and reassigned the bypass to a balanced input. DEAD SILENT!  
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ricred1 OP
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Initially I only added the ground wire. It reduced much of the noise; however noise was still audible. After I changed to the XLR cable it was dead silent. I must admit the gain seems a little lower and I will run audesey again.

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